Bug#554161: gnome-settings-daemon: Keybindings involving the numpad are ignored

[Roland Mas]

Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.28.1-1
Severity: normal

  I like to control my music player with keyboard shortcuts.  Here are
my bindings:

<Control><Alt>KP_1 runs xmms2 stop
<Control><Alt>KP_3 runs xmms2 play
<Control><Alt><Shift>KP_3 runs a script that toggles play/pause
<Control><Alt>KP_4 runs xmms2 prev
<Control><Alt>KP_6 runs xmms2 next
<Control><Alt>KP_5 runs a script that displays a notification with the
current song

  This is all set with gconf-editor through the
/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_* keys.

  Now let's add keys to control the volume too:

<Control><Alt>KP_2 for volume down
<Control><Alt>KP_8 for volume up
<Control><Alt>KP_0 for volume mute

  These values are set through gconf-editor, or the keyboard shortcut
applet, as the /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/keybindings/* keys.  However,
they seem to be ignored.  I'm certain they used to work some time ago, I
unfortunately didn't take the time to report the regression as soon as
it appeared.  For some reason, adding Shift to the mix gets the
shortcuts working, with the gconf values becoming
<Shift><Control><Alt>KP_Down, <Shift><Control><Alt>KP_Up and
<Shift><Control><Alt>KP_Insert respectively.

Roland.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-5   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2              0.82-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1                2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.2-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11         2.28.1-1   Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnomekbd4                  2.28.0-2   GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.25-5  GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0            0.10.25-3  Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.4.5-1    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxi6                        2:1.2.1-2  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier15                 4.0-2      X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxxf86misc1                 1:1.0.1-3  X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio

gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver   2.28.0-1+b1          GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  metacity [x-window- 1:2.28.0-1           lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  mutter [x-window-ma 2.28.1~git20091024-1 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  x11-xserver-utils   7.4+2                X server utilities

-- no debconf information

-- 
Roland Mas

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