Ubuntu
kdebase package

Can not set any hotkey using XF86Mail

Bug #144398 reported by Albert Astals Cid
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase

Trying to assign something to XF86Mail key in systemsettings->Accessibility->Input actions is impossible as it seems to be hardcoded in a lower to open a new mail window.

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. (asfg-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

It seems to be in /etc/acpi/mailbtn.sh which isn't installed, according to dpkg. Which is weird. Or fun. Pick one.

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Even Nedberg (nedberg) wrote :

I have the same problem.

It is "solveable" by
sudo mv /usr/bin/kmail /usr/bin/kmail.old
and the creating a new /usr/bin/kmail with the desired effect.

This is no god idea though...

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Even Nedberg (nedberg) wrote :

Or just use Ctrl+XF86Mail...

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Even Nedberg (nedberg) wrote :

Same goes for XF86Calculator and SpeedCrunch. Probably some of the mediabuttons to, but they control Amarok as I want it to so that is not a problem for me.

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Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan) wrote :

The multimedia hotkey does appear to be respecting the mail setting (it opens Thunderbird for me), but it opens a new mail window instead of the normal mail reading window, just like the original problem reported for KMail.

I'm now using F4 to launch it instead, but given that the same keyboard's multimedia buttons worked fine in Feisty it's a somewhat irritating regression.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

We had to hardcode associations in KMilo to get them working at all in KDE 3, Now that KMilo is gone we might use khotkeys (if it ever gets fixed properly) which should make this more dynamic.
As for now Kubuntu doesn't associate any keys besides the volume control keys.

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status: New → Invalid
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menschmeier (baeckham) wrote :

The Problem occures in Kubuntu 9.10 again. Other hotkeys like 'internet' are recognized and do what I have configured, e.g. start firefox.

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