On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:28:21 +0000 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Celejar on 29/01/08 01:02, wrote: > > I've been struggling for quite some time, and I'm quite baffled. I'm > > trying to get my keyboard shortcuts to work properly under Xfce, and I > > can't figure out what is going on. > > > > I created a new theme and added some keyboard shortcuts to it > > (Settings / Keyboard Settings / Shortcuts - Themes), and they work > > fine, but they don't completely survive a reset; every time xfce is > > restarted, they don't work, until I open the Keyboard settings window > > again. Opening the window, even without actually doing anything inside > > it, reactivates them, and then they continue to work fine for the rest > > of the session. > > > > [By "not working", I mean that the designated app isn't started, and > > the key combo falls to the window with focus.] > > > > I tried a new, test user, and his shortcuts work correctly between > > sessions. I assume something has become corrupted somewhere in my > > $HOME, but I have no idea what. > > > > I don't know if this is in any way related, but I also am experiencing > > similar strangeness with the WM independent xbindkeys (the above > > description is without running xbindkeys). It used to work fine, but > > some time ago many of the shortcuts I defined (in $HOME/xbindkeysrc) > > stopped working. Sometimes only the first in the file > > would work, but after I used the first one the others would also > > (often) begin to work. > > > > Any suggestions? What could be wrong / misconfigured? > > I'm sorry but I don't know what the problem is, apart from the fact that it > really smells like a bug. But I would say Xfce should be able to fix it. What > version are you on, and which distro - lenny or etch or ? I found that the > version that comes with etch was surprisingly old, but I wasn't hassled > enough > to upgrade to lenny to try to sort it out. Thanks. Up to date sid. What makes me think that it's not a simple bug is the fact that another (test) user doesn't seem to be having the same problem, which makes me think that something has become corrupted in my $HOME, above. I may take your implicit advice and ask on the Xfce list. > Adam Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
