keyboard shortcuts? (keyboard settings always crashes)

skibum1981 · #1 13th April 2011, 05:10 AM

Not sure how you set custom keyboard shortcuts in Fedora 15. There's no keyboard shortcuts in applications (just keyboard settings, and that crashes every time I try to load it).

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 PM ----------

Hmm I think it is indeed in "keyboard settings" from this page:
http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2011/04/07/gnome-3/

Unfortunately, every time I try to launch keyboard settings it crashes. Is anyone else having this issue. Ideas on how to fix?

---------- Post added at 08:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

Seems to be a bug.

Anyone else having this problem?

Tried reinstalling via yum, no dice.

kraekan · #2 13th April 2011, 09:28 AM

It doesn't crash for me and it lets me edit an existing shortcut but won't let me add another.

skibum1981 · #3 13th April 2011, 10:15 AM

Apparently a known bug for x86_64

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694979

pelrguy · #4 14th April 2011, 09:00 AM

I've posted a workaround on the bug page listed above that should get the keyboard settings functional again. Hopefullly someone will fix the control center and get an update out soon.

jjhelm · #5 14th April 2011, 09:33 AM

(grrr... didn't notice I had a typo in my login name when I registered... and "perlguy" was already taken...)

Anyway, seems the keyboard and display settings applets both need some work. I can't add keyboard shortcuts either. complains (on the console) about

(gnome-control-center:14361): GConf-WARNING **: Directory `/desktop/gnome/keybindings/custom0' was not being monitored by GConfClient 0x1581920

You *can* get new shortcuts working with gconf-editor, under apps->metacity, global_keybindings and keybinding_commands. I'm not sure if that's supported or not, but it works at the moment.

skibum1981 · #6 15th April 2011, 08:42 PM

Yeah I installed on another computer and had the same issue. Bummer, b/c hitting ctrl + alt + t to launch a terminal and ctrl + alt + h to launch nautilus to my home folder is pretty much second nature to me.

Good news is that super + t-e-r-m + enter is reasonably fast...