locate-pointer (w/ ctrl key) not working

[Thomas]

It was working for an hour and then stopped.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.36.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Apr 25 19:09:37 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-31 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200330)
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Thomas (ng0177)]

The setting, see attached, has not effect.

[Thomas (ng0177)]

When changing in dconf-editor, see attached, it works again.

[Thomas (ng0177)]

It then stops and cannot be re-activated after reboot.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Could you add your 'journalctl -b 0' log after getting the issue and indicate the time where you tried to enable the option?

[Thomas (ng0177)]

It works on first attempt, then OFF and ON and it stops:

Mon 27 Apr 15:29:58 CEST 2020

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

See also bug 1872230.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Miguel Brossolette-Branco (mpbb77)]

AFAICT, my left CTRL key is working but I won't be able to enable this feature.
Actually looking at Thomas's screenshot I've noticed that the dconf setting apparently has been moved from settings-daemon/mouse to desktop/interface, what explains that I wouldn't found the key definition in the schemas.xml file even in the deprecated-keys section.
But setting the key true in the new config won't enable either.
I can also notice that toggling the key value in dconf won't change the the value in the "official" Settings/mouseand keyboard section or even in the Tweak app. And BTW the new dconf description reads that the pointer location will be be triggered by pressing *any* key (?) - as can be seen in Thomas's screenshot.
Seems like the gnome shell is still expecting for the old key activation. I've tried to add the "locate pointer" in the schemas.xml's settings-daemon/interface but it won't show up aon dconf and won't activate anything either (even after reboot). Would there be a way to redirect the key from desktop/interface to settings-daemon/mouse so that the shell could grab it ? I'm on 21.04.

[Miguel Brossolette-Branco (mpbb77)]

My bad: the feature is now working (with CTRL key and of course not "any" key). I was using sudo dconf-editor to set the key and of course I was actually setting therefore the root user's desktop feature. Setting true my user's key still wouldn't work but setting then "enable-animations" true made the trick.