GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 651530
Global hot keys do not work anymore since Ubuntu 11.04 + Unity
Last modified: 2017-07-31 12:45:56 UTC
The global key bindings to functions like "search notes or "create new note" do not work when using Tomboy in combination with Unity as introduced in Ubuntu 11.04.
This may only be a distro bug. If so, it appears it is filed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+bug/782882 Will require some investigation.
Can you see if you have the same problem with gnome-do (default keybinding to launch it is super-space)?
I've tried gnome-do as proposed. Same thing. The hotkey super-space does not work. I've also tested tomboy's hotkeys with Ubuntu 11.04 and Gnome 2 classic were the key bindings (Alt+F11, Alt+F12) also fail.
Maybe it is somehow related to this bug reported on launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/715760
I think that might be a different bug, similar to an issue in gnome-shell where you can't use the super key for global hotkeys.
*** Bug 667453 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I've just been experiencing this problem under gnome-shell. It seems to be caused by some non-obvious keyboard settings. I got the instructions to fix from here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/69648/gnome-shell-pressing-the-super-key-does-not-work In summary [sic]: 'Go to System Settings->Keyboard Layout->Layouts->Options.... There is an option for the Alt/Win key behavior. Select: "Alt and meta are on Alt keys"' The above fixed it for me. I guess it should be the default as Tomboy is a standard Gnome application.
I've gave Bryans hint a try on my setup (Ubuntu 11.10 + Unity + Tomboy 1.8.0) by simply testing all possible options for the mentioned setting "Alt/Win key behavior" and then pressing my Tomboy-Hotkey, e.g. <Alt>F11 or <Ctrl>F12. None of the settings worked. Also my super key worked already fine before. (In reply to comment #7)
Same result as Min: I tried changing Keyboard Layout Options, and couldn't find a combination that restores Tomboy's Start Here functionality. For those interested, some downstream workarounds on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+bug/685309
Hi Guys, FYI, I'm running funky Sabayon test rig here. So might not work on Ubuntu.
I have the same problem with Linux Mint 17.1 + Cinnamon 64-bit + Tomboy 1.15.4
The Tomboy team has moved from GNOME Bugzilla to GitHub for bug reports and feature requests: https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy/issues/ Closing this report as NOTGNOME as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping (bug 781054) to keep tasks in one place. Please feel free to transfer this task to GitHub if this task is still valid in a recent Tomboy version. We are sorry for the inconvenience.