KDE4 keyboard shortcuts not working (Alt+F2, Ctrl+Esc, PrtSc...)

[Juan Carlos I]

Hi, this is a kubuntu gutsy pc,
I installed a clean kde4.0 from ppa.
it's always updated and upgraded

I use kataput very often in 3.5.8, I expected keyboard shortcuts like alt+f2 to show krunner in kde4 but it does not.
krunner is running yet in the background, and it shows when I run it in a terminal.

Also:
Ctrl+Esc does not show ksysguard (I don't know the name for kde4 version)
PrtSc does not show ksnapshot
"Win" key does not show the kmenu, as i'd like to

Also trying to modify it in the systems preferences under the keyboard and mouse menu does not work.
It does not matter the key combinations assignated

[Juan Carlos I (juancarlos1)]

As seen here (I copy and paste the text) this is an unresolved bug
http://software-libre.rudd-o.com/KDE_4.0.0_emergency_FAQ#Global_shortcuts_.28ALT.2BF2_for_KRunner.2C_ALT.2BTab.2C_etc.29_aren.27t_working.3F.21

Global shortcuts (ALT+F2 for KRunner, ALT+Tab, etc) aren't working?!

Several people have mentioned this. This is an unexpected bug, it could be that:

   1. kded is not running, or
   2. that the GlobalAccel KDED module is not loaded.

The latter issue can be determined by issuing

    qdbus org.kde.kded

from konsole and seeing if KdedGlobalAccel appears in the output. If you get Service 'org.kde.kded' does not exist. you may issue

    kded4

to restart the daemon, followed by

    qdbus org.kde.kded /kded loadModule kdedglobalaccel

to try to load the module. If KdedGlobalAccel does not appear, then you have this problem, a fix isn't know, yet.

There is a bug report filed at bugs.kde.org: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155429

[Juan Carlos I (juancarlos1)]

As seen at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155429
I deleted ~/.kde4/share/config/kglobalshortcutsrc and then Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Now it is working properly

[EdNavarro (eduardo-navarro)]

I removed kde4-core (remove followed by autoremove), then deleted both my ~./kde and ~/.kde4 folders. Reinstalled kde4-core and rebooted. When I activated special effects I left improved alt-tab unchecked. Shortcuts work fine now.

I noticed previously that shortcuts only worked if I left the shortcuts configuration window up in the background...

[Giorgio Catanzaro (catanzag)]

I got the same, but only after installing (Italian) localization (before everything worked fine). The same for bug #182719 for German one. I fixed setting Italian locale and languages, and automatically kded4 loaded kdedglobalaccel module.

[Juan Carlos I (juancarlos1)]

yeah, it's the same bug as #182719
I use Spanish localization