As Markus says, xim worked at first, but now (on trusty) it stops working in certain circumstances. I made it work by switching with ibus, logging out, and switching back then I restarted (I guess logging out would have done it, though). But it stopped working when I switched tty's by pressing Ctrl+Alt+12.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1224732 Title: Custom keyboard shortcuts don't work Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just noticed that adding custom keyboard shortcuts does not have any effect. If, for example, I add a custom keyboard shortcut for Evince and set it to Ctrl+Alt+E, pressing this key combination won't launch Evince. * What happens * When I add a custom keyboard shortcut (and bind it to some key combination), the shortcut does not run the associated command. * What I expect * After adding the custom shortcut, I expect that the shortcut launches the associated command. Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch) Release: 13.10 gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu36 Candidate: 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu36 Version table: *** 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu36 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Sep 12 19:21:56 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130830) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu4 deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20130903-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3daily13.06.14.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1224732/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp