Bug 295424

Summary:	Regression: No keyboard shortcuts and session cannot be locked
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	mogliii
Component:	plasma-netbook	Assignee:	Marco Martin <notmart>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	major	CC:	johnkirk
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.8.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://launchpad.net/bugs/917417
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description mogliii 2012-03-06 16:21:50 UTC

I got redirected from 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/+bug/917417.

What does not work:
Shortcuts normally common to KDE desktop do not work (anymore)
- Alt F2 -> Krunner input
- Ctrl Esc -> System Monitor
- Ctrl Alt L -> Lock Session
Additionally, Locking session does not work even when clicking the blue lock icon.

I am running KDE 4.7.97 (4.8 RC2) on a Toshibe NB550D, 11", with Kubuntu 11.10. In a KDE version last summer (late 4.6, early 4.7) the above shortcuts worked. Therefor this is a regression.

Furthermore, there is currently no keyboard shortcut to directly assess the search field on the "Search & launch" view.

Uses in the #plasma irc channel could confirm the lack of shortcuts. fredrikh mentioned, that krunner quits when switching from Plasma Desktop to Plasma Netbook.

This is an urgent productivity enhancement for the Plasma Netbook Workspace which should be fixed quickly.

Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-05-22 10:24:23 UTC

Is this still valid with KDE 4.8.3? Please always test bugs you report for unstable versions once the stable version is released.

Comment 2 mogliii 2012-05-22 10:55:12 UTC

Yes, this is still valid in KDE 4.8.3 on Kubuntu 12.04

Its currently shipped this way with Kubuntu 12.04, an LTS version, where you cannot lock your session. Not so good in terms of security.

In my opinion one of the following should be done:
1) bring back krunner to Netbook until Netbook its rewritten in QML
2) Deactivate Netbook in vanilla configuration until rewritten in QML (or provide information about the limitation)
3) Rewrite Netbook in QML soon

Comment 3 Jekyll Wu 2012-09-04 12:11:22 UTC

reopen according to comment #2

Comment 4 Lex_Dysia 2012-09-11 11:11:49 UTC

I'm ruunning KDE 4.8.5 under Kubuntu 12.04 & have the same problems.

If I start in Unity, keyboard shortcuts work, i.e.
  - Alt F2 -> Commmand Line input
  - Ctrl Alt T => Terminal
  - "Windows" key => Program search field
  - Ctrl Alt L => Lock Session


However, booting into Plasma Netbook, the following do NOT work:
  - Alt F2 => Krunner input
  - Ctrl Alt T => Terminal
  - Ctrl Esc => System Monitor
  - Ctrl Alt L => Lock Session

Also
  - Lock Icon on top panel does not work
  - from Search & Launch desktop, right click context menu item "lock screen" does not work.

HOWEVER, if I select "Run Command" (context menu on search and launch desktop) the dialogue box opens (i.e equivalent to what Alt F2 should do). If "Ctrl Alt T", "Ctrl Esc", or "Ctrl Alt L" are entered, the relevant action is performed.

After this initial action (activating "Run Command" from the context menu to run any of these commands the first time), any further attempts to run "Ctrl Alt T", "Ctrl Esc", or "Ctrl Alt L" during this log on session, work directly as per design intent, as does the lock button on top panel.

After reboot (Plasma Netbook) shortcuts no longer work.

It's as if a couple of daemons need to be kick started (the first by kicking the "run Command" dialogue, the second, by running the relevant keyboard shortcut through the Run Command dialogue) to get the normal keyboard shortcuts running under Plasma Netbook.

Comment 5 mogliii 2012-09-12 18:43:17 UTC

WOW! Your workaround works!!

"" HOWEVER, if I select "Run Command" (context menu on search and launch desktop) the dialogue box opens (i.e equivalent to what Alt F2 should do). If "Ctrl Alt T", "Ctrl Esc", or "Ctrl Alt L" are entered, the relevant action is performed. ""

What a nice find. But how to do this automated on startup?

Comment 6 Martin Flöser 2013-06-07 06:52:30 UTC

KRunner is not running.