rebooting loses keyboard and command bindings

[Scott Moser]

this does seem similar to bug 995801, but I do not believe it is a dupe, and it is not fixed in current quantal trunk if it is.

I log into system, then run 'ccsm' to set up certain keybindings I like
viewport switcher -> got to specific viewport:
 <ctrl>-F1 : switch to viewport 1
 <ctrl>-F[2-6]: switch to viewport N

These get lost across reboot.

Commands -> [Commands for command-line-0,1] and 'Key Bindings' for 'Run command 0,1'
  <ctrl>-<shift>-U : /home/smoser/bin/ubu
 <ctrl>-shift-O: /home/smoser/bin/url-open

the 'command' portion of these get lost across leaving the 'commands' section (using 'back'). The keybinding gets lost across reboot.

Note, I've said reboot, but I have also verified that these settings get lost if I log out, log into console, kill unity related daemons that are still running, and log back in.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.2.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-12.12-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,commands,mousepoll,grid,move,place,imgpng,session,vpswitch,resize,regex,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,resizeinfo,animation,workarounds,fade,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Mon Aug 27 12:09:04 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2011-11-07 (294 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Paul Ortyl (ortylp)]

After upgrade to quantal:

I confirm. I have the same situation with "Switch to Workspace left" and "Switch to workspace right", which I bind on Thinkpad to XF86Back and XF86Forward.

Some other keys in Section "Launchers" seem to survive reboot.

[Paul Ortyl (ortylp)]

Workaround for me:

# call these commands at desktop start, (put it into ~/.config/autostart or use gnome-session-properties as GUI)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-left "['XF86Back']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-right "['XF86Forward']"

To find out the right key you might use dconf-editor as GUI.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

out current version of unity is 6.6.6 is that still happening in that version of unity?

[Alex Baggott (alex-baggott)]

Hmm... I'm unable to reproduce this in 15.10 because I can't find out what commands switch viewport and therefore can't set the keybindings in CCSM. Has this changed in later versions or is it just a failing on my part?