Bug#663247: gnome-shell: Custom shortcuts with Windows/Super/Mod4 key not working

Petri Lehtinen petri at digip.org
Fri Mar 9 18:56:24 UTC 2012


Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.2.2.1-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I added a custom shortcut to start urxvt from System Settings ->
Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts. I used the left "Windows
key" plus the X key for the shortcut, which ended as Mod4+X in the
list as expected.

However, this shortcut doesn't work correctly. urxvt only starts if I
either

1) press the Windows key, release it, press it again and keep it
   pressed for a while, then press X, or

2) press the Windows key and keep it pressed, then press X twice.

This only happens in gnome-shell. It works correctly in the fallback
mode of Gnome 3.

All normal (non-custom) shortcuts that I have tried work correctly,
whether they have the windows key or not. I've also tried other keys
than X with the Windows key, but none have worked correctly this far.

I installed a newer version of gnome-shell and gnome-shell-common from
unstable to test whether this has been fixed.

I also found an upstream bug report from May 2011 that looks like the
same issue:

    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649389

It has been marked as a duplicate of another, fixed issue, but it
still doesn't work. And AFAICS, the superseding issue is not the same
bug, although a bit similar.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.10.0-3
ii  gconf-service                                3.2.3-3
ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.15-4
ii  gir1.2-atk-1.0                               2.2.0-2
ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.1-2
ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0                           1.8.4-1
ii  gir1.2-cogl-1.0                              1.8.2-1
ii  gir1.2-coglpango-1.0                         1.8.2-1
ii  gir1.2-folks-0.6                             0.6.6-1
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.31.10-1
ii  gir1.2-gconf-2.0                             3.2.3-3
ii  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0                         2.24.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gee-1.0                               0.6.1-3
ii  gir1.2-gkbd-3.0                              3.2.0-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.31.10-1
ii  gir1.2-gmenu-3.0                             3.2.0.1-2
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.2.2-1
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.2.3-1
ii  gir1.2-json-1.0                              0.14.2-1
ii  gir1.2-mutter-3.0                            3.2.2-1
ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0                    0.9.2.0-2
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.29.4-2
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.104-2
ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.34.3-1
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12                    0.16.2-1+b1
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2                   0.2.12-1
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.9.15-2
ii  gjs                                          1.30.1-1
ii  gnome-bluetooth                              3.2.2-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic                    3.2.2-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.2.2-2
ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.2.2.1-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.2.0-2
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.2.0-2
ii  libc6                                        2.13-27
ii  libcairo-gobject2                            1.10.2-6.2
ii  libcairo2                                    1.10.2-6.2
ii  libcamel-1.2-29                              3.2.2-1
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.28-3
ii  libclutter-1.0-0                             1.8.4-1
ii  libcogl-pango0                               1.8.2-1
ii  libcogl5                                     1.8.2-1
ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.4-2
ii  libdbus-1-3                                  1.4.18-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.98-1
ii  libdrm2                                      2.4.30-1
ii  libebook-1.2-12                              3.2.2-1
ii  libecal-1.2-10                               3.2.2-1
ii  libedataserver-1.2-15                        3.2.2-1
ii  libedataserverui-3.0-1                       3.2.2-1
ii  libffi5                                      3.0.10-3
ii  libfolks25                                   0.6.6-1
ii  libfontconfig1                               2.8.0-3.1
ii  libfreetype6                                 2.4.8-1
ii  libgconf-2-4                                 3.2.3-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.24.1-1
ii  libgee2                                      0.6.1-3
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.31.10-1
ii  libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0]           1.30.1-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]                     7.11.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.30.2-6
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-2                         3.2.1-3
ii  libgnome-keyring0                            3.2.2-2
ii  libgnome-menu-3-0                            3.2.0.1-2
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0                           0.10.36-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.2.3-1
ii  libical0                                     0.44-3
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           0.14.2-1
ii  libmozjs185-1.0                              1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-3
ii  libmutter0                                   3.2.2-1
ii  libnm-glib4                                  0.9.2.0-2
ii  libnm-util2                                  0.9.2.0-2
ii  libnspr4-0d                                  4.9-1
ii  libnss3-1d                                   3.13.3-1
ii  libpango1.0-0                                1.29.4-2
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.104-2
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.104-2
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      1.1-3
ii  libpulse0                                    1.1-3
ii  libsoup2.4-1                                 2.34.3-1
ii  libsqlite3-0                                 3.7.10-1
ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-1
ii  libtelepathy-glib0                           0.16.2-1+b1
ii  libtelepathy-logger2                         0.2.12-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.4.4-4
ii  libxcomposite1                               1:0.4.3-2
ii  libxdamage1                                  1:1.1.3-2
ii  libxext6                                     2:1.3.0-3
ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0-4
ii  libxi6                                       2:1.4.5-1
ii  libxml2                                      2.7.8.dfsg-7
ii  python                                       2.7.2-10
ii  telepathy-mission-control-5                  1:5.10.1-2

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  gnome-contacts          3.2.2-2
ii  gnome-control-center    1:3.2.2-2
ii  gnome-session-fallback  3.2.1-1
ii  gnome-themes-standard   3.2.1-2

gnome-shell suggests no packages.

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