Thanks for your bug. It works fine when gnome-settings-daemon is not running. From GNOME you need to change /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme gconf key
** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Setting gtk-key-theme-name in ~/.gtkrc-2.0 doesn't work https://launchpad.net/bugs/60085 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs