custom keybindings don't work immediately

Bug #148669 reported by SoWhat
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xfwm4 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Lionel Le Folgoc

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xfwm4

Xubuntu 7.10 beta (but occured in Feisty too)

Assigned some custom binding to my laptop's special keys with xmodmap.
Called them F13 F14 F15.

Then, opened settings>window manager settings and assigned F13 to "show desktop", F14 to "next workspace", F15 to "previous workspace".

Everything worked fine.

After rebooting, the keys don't work. Checked with xev and they're still assigned.
When I open "window manager settings" and re-assign just one keybinding (e.g. the "show desktop" one), suddenly even the other ones start working fine.
I also modified the default keytheme, located in /usr/share/themes/Default/xfwm4/keythemerc , but nothing changed.

(Note: default keybindings, like alt+F9, work from startup)

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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report.
Is there any error in your ~/.xsession-errors ?

Changed in xfwm4:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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SoWhat (pantofolaio) wrote :
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I have some warnings:

** Message: This build doesn't include support for XF86Misc extension
** Message: Querying Xkb extension
** Message: Xkb extension found
Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
                  Ignoring extra symbols
Warning: No symbols defined for <SYRQ> (keycode 92)
Warning: No symbols defined for <II65> (keycode 101)
Warning: No symbols defined for <BRK> (keycode 114)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK13> (keycode 118)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK14> (keycode 119)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK15> (keycode 120)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK16> (keycode 121)
Warning: No symbols defined for <FK17> (keycode 122)
Warning: No symbols defined for <KPDC> (keycode 123)
Warning: No symbols defined for <XFER> (keycode 129)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I02> (keycode 130)
Warning: No symbols defined for <NFER> (keycode 131)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I04> (keycode 132)
Warning: No symbols defined for <AE13> (keycode 133)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I06> (keycode 134)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I07> (keycode 135)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I08> (keycode 136)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I09> (keycode 137)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I0A> (keycode 138)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I0B> (keycode 139)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I0C> (keycode 140)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I0D> (keycode 141)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I0E> (keycode 142)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I0F> (keycode 143)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I10> (keycode 144)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I11> (keycode 145)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I12> (keycode 146)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I13> (keycode 147)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I14> (keycode 148)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I15> (keycode 149)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I16> (keycode 150)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I17> (keycode 151)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I18> (keycode 152)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I19> (keycode 153)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I1A> (keycode 154)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I1B> (keycode 155)
Warning: No symbols defined for <K59> (keycode 157)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I1E> (keycode 158)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I1F> (keycode 159)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I20> (keycode 160)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I21> (keycode 161)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I22> (keycode 162)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I23> (keycode 163)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I24> (keycode 164)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I25> (keycode 165)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I26> (keycode 166)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I27> (keycode 167)
Warning: No symbols defined for <I28> (...

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Changed in xfwm4:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Nevermind, I reproduced this (kind of) with slim, but it's a slim bug because the xinitrc doesn't seem to be entirely executed.

Are you able to reproduce this issue on hardy?

Changed in xfwm4:
assignee: nobody → mrpouit
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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SoWhat (pantofolaio) wrote : Re: [Bug 148669] Re: custom keybindings don't work immediately

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I don't know....I switched to Debian some months ago.....sorry!

Lionel Le Folgoc ha scritto:
> Nevermind, I reproduced this (kind of) with slim, but it's a slim bug
> because the xinitrc doesn't seem to be entirely executed.
>
> Are you able to reproduce this issue on hardy?
>
> ** Changed in: xfwm4 (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek) wrote :

Looks like it's an upstream issue, I can reproduce it on debian + xfce svn.

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Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek) wrote :

This is not the same bug in fact, forget about my previous comment.

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Pablo Castellano (pablocastellano) wrote :

Closing bug since the reporter is not using ubuntu anymore and nobody had confirmed it.
Feel free to reopen it if you can provide some useful information.
Thanks!

Changed in xfwm4:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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