Media keys can't be assigned

[Michael Lawton]

When I use unity-settings-daemon (All Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts) to assign a media key to a command, the command won't run.

For example, the built in "Launch calculator" command shows the "Calculator" key assigned by default. It works correctly and the value in dconf Editor is "XF86Calculator". If I reassign the key by pressing the calculator key on my keyboard, unity-settings-daemon will still show the assigned key as "Calculator" and dconf Editor now also shows the value as "Calculator". The shortcut will not work until I manually edit the value in dconf Editor to say "XF86Calculator".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity-settings-daemon 14.04.0+14.04.20140606-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Dec 4 23:00:18 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-07 (57 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: unity-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Hadrien (psydk)]

The problem is still there on Ubuntu 16.10

Maybe the solution should be to offer a setting to set the default calculator in the system, in the same way you can set in settings/details the default browser, mailer, calendar...