[solved] xfce keyboard shortcuts won't work, tried arch wiki solution

Question

Keyboard shortcuts defined in the xfce's keyboard settings don't work,  as described in the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfc … 7t_working
When I kill xfce4-settings-helper the shortcuts work again. After restarting X the problem returns. I renamed '/etc/xdg/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop' and  '~/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop' as described in the wiki, But the second file is regenerated  after restarting X. Does anyone know a good solution?
Last edited by rwd (2010-10-30 21:06:33)

Answer 1

R00KIE wrote:What do you have in your .bash_profile? If it was working before then the problem should be somewhere else but I know that some things might not work when calling startx from .bash_profile depending on what and how you do things.
I never noticed if xfce's application shortcuts were working properly or not because I just started using them since a few weeks.
Leonid.I wrote:EDIT: Most likely you have seen this, but just in case: http://forum.xfce.org/index.php?topic=5304.0
That looks like the same thing indeed.
It seems to be this bug which hasn't been fixed since over a year O_o.
.bash_profile
. $HOME/.bashrc
if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then
startx
fi
.bashrc
# Check for an interactive session
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
#restrict umask for group from the default 022
umask 0017
# added to use bash aliases and colored prompt
if [ -f /etc/profile.bash ]; then
source /etc/profile.bash
fi
#added for the auojump package (need to be sourced after /profile.bash
if [ -f /etc/profile ]; then
source /etc/profile.d/autojump.bash
fi
.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
exec ck-launch-session xfce4-session
/etc/profile.bash
# /etc/profile.bash
# Global settings for bash shells
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
#PS2='> '
#PS3='> '
#PS4='+ '
export PS1 PS2 PS3 PS4
#In the future we may want to add more ulimit entries here,
# in the offchance that /etc/security/limits.conf is skipped
ulimit -Sc 0 #Don't create core files
if test "$TERM" = "xterm" -o \
"$TERM" = "xterm-color" -o \
"$TERM" = "xterm-256color" -o \
"$TERM" = "rxvt" -o \
"$TERM" = "rxvt-unicode" -o \
"$TERM" = "xterm-xfree86"; then
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"'
export PROMPT_COMMAND
fi
PS1='\[\e[1;33m\][\u@\h \W]\$\[\e[0m\] '
EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano
#bash history
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=1000
# aliases
alias ll='ls -al --group-directories-first --color=auto'
alias la='ls -A --group-directories-first --color=auto'
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
alias ....='cd ../../..'
alias .....='cd ../../../..'
alias ping5='ping -c 5'
alias lsa='ls -lah --group-directories-first --color=auto' # human readable (sizes) long and all ;-)
alias lls='ls -l -h -g -F --group-directories-first --color=auto'
alias lss='ls -shaxSrs --group-directories-first --color=auto' # sort by size
alias lsd='ls -latr --group-directories-first --color=auto' # sort by date
alias upgrade='sudo clyde -Syu --aur'
function publicip {
wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org | sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'
# alarm(string alarmtext,num minutes )
function alarm() {
zenity --notification --timeout=$[$2 * 60] --window-icon=/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/status/appointment-soon.svg --text "alarm set for: $1 in $2 minutes" &
sleep $2 $(($2 * 60)) && zenity --warning --text "$1" &
# search bash history
function hist {
history | grep -i "${1}"
# find filename in current directory and beneath
function fnd {
find . -iname "*${1}*" | more
# find string in documents in current directory and beneath
function grp {
egrep -ri ''"${1}"'' . | more
# search shoutcast channels by name/description/genre/current song
function shoutcast {
shoutcast-search $* -b ">96" -l ">10" \
--format="%s\ngenre: %g\ncurrent track: %p\nbitrate: %b\nlisteners: %l\nurl: %u\n" \
| more
in ~/.config/autostart I have a few items that only contain :
[Desktop Entry]
Hidden=True
And this one:
[Desktop Entry]
Hidden=true
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.9.4
Type=Application
Name=xorg_fix
Comment=scripts that need to be delayed to run
Exec=/home/user1/documents/shellscripts/xorg_fix_delayed.sh
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false
In xorg_fix_delayed.sh I have put some things that wouldn't always be executed if I put them in a normal startup item or if  I put them in .xinitrc:
xorg_fix_delayed.sh
#!/bin/bash
sleep 6
# upnp shares mount
#djmount ~/network/upnp &
# mpd
mpd ~/.mpd/mpd.conf &
# disable trackpad during typing
syndaemon -d -i 2 &
# tint
/usr/bin/tint2 &
# trayer
/usr/bin/trayer --transparent true --expand true --alpha 256 --tint 0x000000 --height 24 --widthtype request --SetDockType true $
# xmodmap
/usr/bin/xmodmap /home/user1/.Xmodmap &
# conky
/usr/bin/conky &
# workaround for xfce shortcuts
killall xfce4-settings-helper &
# sshfs share
~/documents/shellscripts/sshfs_arch-server_mount.sh &
Last edited by rwd (2010-10-29 18:56:10)