<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><div>This is a problem I have had for several months. IIRC, it first began while I was using Kubuntu natty, but has persisted through oneiric and is still there with the precise beta.</div><div><br></div><div>The problem is simply that the Alt-F1 keyboard combination does not work on this one x64 instance. It works with other machines running Kubuntu.</div><div><br></div><div>When I right click on the KickOff icon, it shows no keyboard shortcut. If I try to enter Alt-F1, an error dialog box pops up stating:</div><div><br></div><div>Conflict with Registered Global Shortcut - Plasma Desktop Shell</div><div><br></div><div>The shortcut 'Alt+F1' conflicts with the following key combination:</div><div>Shortcut 'Alt+F1' in Application Plasma Desktop Shell for action Activate Application Launcher
Widget</div><div><br></div><div>And when I check |System Settings |Global Shortcuts |Plasma Desktop Shell, the shortcut does appear there. The config file entry appears to be:</div><div><br></div><div>.kde/share/config/kglobalshortcutsrc:activate widget 31=Alt+F1,Alt+F1,Activate Application Launcher Widget</div><div><br></div><div>So, I have two questions;</div><div>1) What is my best immediate work-around? Presumbably to overwrite the Global Shortcut, as the error dialog box invites me to do.</div><div>2) I see this as a bug, um, er, unexpected feature. Where would it be most useful to report it?: *buntu launchpad.net bug database? the KDE bug database?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for any assistance.</div></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">--<br>Bruce
Miller<br>bruce@brmiller.ca<br>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: (613) 745-1151<br><br>Thomas Pickering, a well-known former US diplomat, is quoted as having once said that, "in archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known." And this one-time student of archaeology is relieved to have finally retired after 36 years in the Canadian foreign service.</div></div></body></html>