When using Xfce4, it is impossible to set any global shortcut. This happens after a fresh install of amarok. After opening the "configure shortcuts" window, if you try to set any global shortcut then nothing happens. Basically, I click on the little arrow, then I have two choices: default or custom. The custom option is selected. If I try to click on default option nothing happens (even if the default option has a defined key combination). If I try to set a custom shortcut by clicking on the "None" button, then the button text changes to "Input...", after that I type in the key combination, but after I release the keys, the button text is reset to "None". When I run amarok --debug, I see no particular message when trying to set the global shortcuts. When starting amarok, however I see these messages: http://pastebin.com/raw/G86nQrtx Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open amarok's: Configure shortcuts 2. Try to set a global shortcut 3. Nothing happens Actual Results: Nothing... Expected Results: Should set the global shortcut
You probably miss a KDE library. FWIW: shortcuts are not necessarily the same on different desktop interfaces, Amarok being a KDE based application, please make sure you have a full installation of all KDE libraries needed for the shortcuts. FWIW2: no problems making shortcuts with KDE 4.x, so this is desktop dependent.
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