Just after trying --no-wx-embed, I started vlc back with the normal behaviour and the shortcut worked fine ... In the past I also found that changing some hotkeys settings may resolve tempoarily this problem.
-- [breezy] vlc key shortcuts doesnt work https://launchpad.net/bugs/2772 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
