Ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon package

keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

Bug #466948 reported by Ian! D. Allen on 2009-10-31

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into a VMware virtual machine (host O/S is 8.10). All updates applied (October 31, 2009).

Nowhere do I read that you have to logout/login for keyboard shortcut disables to take effect.

If disables are supposed to work without a logout/login, then this is a bug in the software. If you are supposed
to logout/login for a shortcut disable to be effective, then this is a bug in the documentation and the
"Keyboard Shortcuts" window should say "logout/login for changes to take effect".

Pick any keyboard shortcut and disable it, e.g. "Minimize window / ALT-F9".
The UI says "disabled" but the shortcut still works, until logout/login.

There are more problems with re-assigning keyboard shortcuts; I'll document them in a separate report.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 31 11:37:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LC_COLLATE=C
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=C
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Ian! D. Allen (idallen) wrote on 2009-10-31:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Ian! D. Allen (idallen) wrote on 2009-10-31:

I just found this related item:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/291150

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-11-01:

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance:	Undecided → Low
affects:	gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) → gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2009-11-01:

Which keyboard shortcuts are you having issues with specifically? And do you use desktop effects? (Minimize window etc, are handled by the window manager)

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Ian! D. Allen (idallen) wrote on 2009-11-02:

I already gave one example:

"e.g. "Minimize window / ALT-F9". The UI says "disabled" but the
shortcut still works, until logout/login."

Here are others that, after I disable them and the UI shows "Disabled",
are not actually disabled but continue to work:

    Show the panel's "Run Application" dialog box
    Show the panel's main menu
    Take a screenshot
    Activate the window menu
    Toggle maximization state
    Minimize window
    etc.

See also the same problem here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467169

I use the standard 9.10 install into a new VMware. The install did not
ask me about any desktop "effects", so I don't know what they might be.

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Ian! D. Allen (idallen) wrote on 2009-11-02:

> Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it
> would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people
> writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Please fix the spelling of "writing".

This having to report bugs twice is not friendly:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/467169/comments/3