[Bug 1313220] [NEW] Application Shortcuts (Hotkeys) Only Sometimes Work

[Michael John]

Public bug reported:

I am running Xubuntu 14.04 on a HP Pavilion Chromebook 14. I have set
the F6 button to execute: "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown" under
Keyboard --> Application Shortcuts. The brightness only decreases
sometimes. However, when I execute "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown"
from a terminal, it always works. Changing the shortcut to execute
"xfce4-terminal" seems to make the hotkey 100% consistent. However,
changing it back to "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown" seems to make it
inconsistent again. This bug did not occur with Xubuntu 13.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: udev 204-5ubuntu20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Apr 26 19:51:12 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Butterfly
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=741a1c2e-5ff5-45af-a29b-c02f08a8630e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: coreboot
dmi.bios.version: 4.0-4745-g1ce4860-dirty
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvncoreboot:bvr4.0-4745-g1ce4860-dirty:bd10/27/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnButterfly:pvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Butterfly
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty

** Description changed:

  I am running Xubuntu 14.04 on a HP Pavilion Chromebook 14. I have set
  the F6 button to execute: "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown" under
  Keyboard --> Application Shortcuts. The brightness only decreases
  sometimes. However, when I execute "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown"
  from a terminal, it always works. Changing the shortcut to execute
- "xfce4-terminal" seems to make the hotkey more consistent. However,
+ "xfce4-terminal" seems to make the hotkey 100% consistent. However,
  changing it back to "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown" seems to make it
  inconsistent again. This bug did not occur with Xubuntu 13.10.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: udev 204-5ubuntu20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sat Apr 26 19:51:12 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-26 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Butterfly
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=741a1c2e-5ff5-45af-a29b-c02f08a8630e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: systemd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: coreboot
  dmi.bios.version: 4.0-4745-g1ce4860-dirty
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvncoreboot:bvr4.0-4745-g1ce4860-dirty:bd10/27/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnButterfly:pvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Butterfly
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Title:
  Application Shortcuts (Hotkeys) Only Sometimes Work

Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am running Xubuntu 14.04 on a HP Pavilion Chromebook 14. I have set
  the F6 button to execute: "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown" under
  Keyboard --> Application Shortcuts. The brightness only decreases
  sometimes. However, when I execute "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown"
  from a terminal, it always works. Changing the shortcut to execute
  "xfce4-terminal" seems to make the hotkey 100% consistent. However,
  changing it back to "xdotool key XF86MonBrightnessDown" seems to make
  it inconsistent again. This bug did not occur with Xubuntu 13.10.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: udev 204-5ubuntu20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sat Apr 26 19:51:12 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-26 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Butterfly
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=741a1c2e-5ff5-45af-a29b-c02f08a8630e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: systemd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: coreboot
  dmi.bios.version: 4.0-4745-g1ce4860-dirty
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvncoreboot:bvr4.0-4745-g1ce4860-dirty:bd10/27/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnButterfly:pvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Butterfly
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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