On login Alt+F2 opens Dash instead of Run Command in Oneiric

[Cas]

I have found when logging in as a user and attempting to run a command with Alt+F2 I am presented with the Dash menu instead of the Run Command one. Subsequent attempts are fine though.

Reproducible Steps:

Login as Guest
Press Alt-F2
Expect to see Run Command but instead see Dash search menu
Exit from Dash Menu
Press Alt-F2 again
Run Command menu now appears

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

Thank you for filling the bug to make ubuntu better
 to solve this problem follow my these instruction and if you get any problem again than report it
may be it solves the bug so.
Go system settings > keyboard > shortcuts > system and enable if disable

[Cas (calumlind)]

This issue only occurs once at first login and after that Alt-F2 works as expected i.e opening Run Command.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Please do not confirm your own bugs. Resetting to New.

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

 Thank you for reporting the bug to make ubuntu better
i can not reproduce this bug. you should wait for some one else and if he reproduces t he will confirm it.marking incomplete as another or some one came and see this and if he reproduces it he will confirm it.so be patience bro

[Cas (calumlind)]

Ah just realised I forgot to add this is from testing Oneiric.

The reason I changed it to confirmed was that I had tested with a fresh install with Oneiric Beta 2 on another computer and encountered the same issue.

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

I can't reproduce this bug here (running unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3). Could someone confirm that this bug is fixed?

[Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun)]

Still here for me.

[Peter Thomassen (mail-peter-thomassen)]

This happens always here, not only at the first login.

Changing the keyboard shortcut for "Show the run command prompt" does not help, either. I tried setting it to something else, like Ctrl+Alt+F2, but when I then use that combination, nothing at all happens. Alt+F2 still shows the Dash. I conclude that the shortcut for "Show the run command prompt" is not caught at all when pressed.

This only happens on Oneiric, not on Natty.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Is that still an issue in Precise?

[Peter Thomassen (mail-peter-thomassen)]

Yes.

[Peter Thomassen (mail-peter-thomassen)]

I am sorry, I was wrong: Confused Precise with Oneiric. I haven't tested Precise yet.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

in precise the situation seems different now the dash won't appear at all on the first try. see bug 951855

[Alan Jenkins (aj504)]

Weird! I see this in Ubuntu 12.04, on the 3D version of Unity only (not the 2D version).

I wonder if it's timing related, i.e. you have to hit alt+f2 quite soon after logging in, to see this.

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

Note, this is present for me in 12.04 and quantal (see bug 1045843).
Both seem to not have anything to do with how long after login, but rather the first press of alt-f2 is guaranteed to show the dash and not the run command prompt.

[dino99 (9d9)]

needs confirmation with the active releases (some are EOL now)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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