[xubuntu-users] Strange Problem with Window Manager Shortcuts Not Working After Reboot

[Wybo]

On 2015-02-04 19:04, Sam Tregar wrote:
> Hello all.  I'm running Xubuntu 14.04.1 inside a VMWare 11 virtual machine on my
> Windows 8 desktop.  I use a USB keyboard and mouse.
>
> Everything is going great except for one thing - every time I boot up, the
> shortcuts for moving between virtual desktops don't work.  They start working as
> soon as I open up Settings Manager -> Window Manager -> Keyboard and re-apply
> them, even though I'm just repeating what's already there.  The shortcuts I use
> are Alt-up, Alt-down, Alt-left and Alt-right, so not the defaults.  I've used
> them for literally over a decade now though, so I really need them to work!
>
> Two questions:
>
>    1) Can someone suggest a fix?
>
>    2) If you don't know how to fix it, is there a way I can script the "apply
> these shortcuts" operation, so I could put it in my session startup commands?
>
> Thanks!

look in your
$HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
For double definitions of left_workspace_key, right_workspace_key, 
up_workspace_key,  and down_workspace_key. Remove the first of each.
This is an old problem, but I thought it had been solved because I can't 
reproduce it here anymore. Did you get the latest updates?

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Wybo