Public bug reported: Symptom: hotkeys do not work at all. It seems to only affect letters themselves while Ctrl, Shift or Alt are interpreted (as shown in a bar at the bottom of the UI).
➜ ~ echo $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP ubuntu-xorg I do have two keyboard layouts enabled, however, I used en_US in Gnome while trying to trigger any hotkey actions. # the first one is the one used currently as this is an MRU list ➜ ~ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources mru-sources [('xkb', 'us'), ('xkb', 'ru')] The default Inkscape hotkey file is used, so, for example, undo should work just fine but it doesn't: /usr/share/inkscape/keys/default.xml ... <bind key="z" modifiers="Ctrl" action="EditUndo" display="true" /> <bind key="Z" modifiers="Ctrl" action="EditUndo" /> I sniffed around little bit and found out that XKB layout was set to 'ru': ➜ ~ setxkbmap -query rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: ru,us,us variant: ,, options: grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll After changing that to 'us' via setxkbmap shortcuts immediately started to work (without inkscape restart): ➜ ~ sudo setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle us ➜ ~ setxkbmap -query rules: evdev model: pc105 layout: us options: grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll Doing this via CLI, however, somehow breaks switching language in gnome itself (changes are present in the MRU list but input is localized and is not switched). The only suspicious message I found in syslog after that was this: Dec 18 21:42:34 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Dec 18 21:42:34 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: > Error: Can't find file "<D0><D1>" for symbols include Dec 18 21:42:34 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: > Exiting Dec 18 21:42:34 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: > Abandoning symbols file "default" Dec 18 21:42:34 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server Dec 18 21:42:34 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-1.xkm Dec 18 21:42:37 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Dec 18 21:42:37 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: > Error: Can't find file "<D0><D1>" for symbols include Dec 18 21:42:37 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: > Exiting Dec 18 21:42:37 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: > Abandoning symbols file "default" Dec 18 21:42:37 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server Dec 18 21:42:37 blade /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[8236]: (EE) Error loading keymap /tmp/server-1.xkm ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: inkscape 0.92.2-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-19.22-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Dec 18 21:24:39 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-27 (294 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170227) SourcePackage: inkscape UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-09-13 (95 days ago) ** Affects: inkscape (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738859 Title: hotkeys do not work when xkbmap uses a regional layout instead of en_US, gnome input source is ignored To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/1738859/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs