Bug#1050575: gnome randomly ignoring my keybinding settings

[Michael P. Soulier]

Package: gnome
Version: 1:43+1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: ***@digitaltorque.ca

Dear Maintainer,

I set my keybindings to change workspaces on Super+1 to 4, for each of the 4
workspaces. Suddenly when I login, Super+3 opens the damned calendar instead.
But that's on a default X session. If I login with Wayland, suddenly 1-3 work
but Super+4 opens my browser.

None of this shows up in the settings.

The quality of Gnome, which was already buggy, seems much lower in Debian 12.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.1
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii avahi-daemon 0.8-10
ii cheese 43.0-1
ii cups-pk-helper 0.2.6-1+b1
ii desktop-base 12.0.6+nmu1~deb12u1
ii evolution 3.46.4-2
ii evolution-plugins 3.46.4-2
ii file-roller 43.0-1
ii gnome-calendar 43.1-2
ii gnome-clocks 43.0-1
ii gnome-color-manager 3.36.0-1+b1
ii gnome-core 1:43+1
ii gnome-maps 43.5-2~deb12u1
ii gnome-music 42.1-1
ii gnome-sound-recorder 43~beta-1
ii gnome-tweaks 42~beta-4
ii gnome-weather 43.0-1
ii gstreamer1.0-libav 1:1.22.3-dmo1
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly 1:1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1
ii libgsf-bin 1.14.50-1
ii libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager 0.4.18-1.2
ii libreoffice-calc 4:7.4.7-1
ii libreoffice-gnome 4:7.4.7-1
ii libreoffice-impress 4:7.4.7-1
ii libreoffice-writer 4:7.4.7-1
ii network-manager-gnome 1.30.0-2
ii orca 43.1-1
ii rhythmbox 3.4.6-2+b1
ii rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder 3.4.6-2+b1
ii rhythmbox-plugins 3.4.6-2+b1
ii rygel-playbin 0.42.1-1
ii rygel-tracker 0.42.1-1
ii seahorse 43.0-1
ii shotwell 0.30.17-1+b1
ii simple-scan 42.5-2
ii totem-plugins 43.0-2
ii xdg-user-dirs-gtk 0.11-1

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii gnome-games 1:43+1
ii gnome-initial-setup 43.2-6
ii gnome-remote-desktop 43.3-1
ii transmission-gtk 3.00-2.1+b1

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn alacarte <none>
pn empathy <none>
pn firefox-esr-l10n-all | firefox-l10n-all <none>
pn goobox | sound-juicer <none>
pn polari <none>
pn vinagre <none>
pn webext-ublock-origin-firefox | webext-ublock-origin-chromium <none>

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii adwaita-icon-theme 43-1
ii at-spi2-core 2.46.0-5
ii baobab 43.0-1
ii dconf-cli 0.40.0-4
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.40.0-4
ii eog 43.2-1
ii evince 43.1-2+b1
ii evolution-data-server 3.46.4-2
ii fonts-cantarell 0.303.1-1
ii gdm3 43.0-3
ii gkbd-capplet 3.28.1-1
ii glib-networking 2.74.0-4
ii gnome-backgrounds 43.1-1
ii gnome-bluetooth-sendto 42.5-3
ii gnome-calculator 1:43.0.1-2
ii gnome-characters 43.1-1
ii gnome-contacts 43.1-1
ii gnome-control-center 1:43.6-2~deb12u1
ii gnome-disk-utility 43.0-1
ii gnome-font-viewer 43.0-1
ii gnome-keyring 42.1-1+b2
ii gnome-logs 43.0-1
ii gnome-menus 3.36.0-1.1
ii gnome-online-accounts 3.46.0-1
ii gnome-session 43.0-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 43.0-4
ii gnome-shell 43.6-1~deb12u1
ii gnome-shell-extensions 43.1-1
ii gnome-software 43.5-1~deb12u1
ii gnome-sushi 43.0-2
ii gnome-system-monitor 42.0-2
ii gnome-terminal 3.46.8-1
ii gnome-text-editor 43.2-1
ii gnome-themes-extra 3.28-2
ii gnome-user-docs 43.0-2
ii gnome-user-share 43.0-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 43.0-1
ii gstreamer1.0-packagekit 1.2.6-5
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u2
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.22.3-dmo1+deb12u1
ii gvfs-backends 1.50.3-1
ii gvfs-fuse 1.50.3-1
ii libatk-adaptor 2.46.0-5
ii libcanberra-pulse 0.30-10
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.74.6-2
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 42.1-1+b2
ii libproxy1-plugin-gsettings 0.4.18-1.2
ii libproxy1-plugin-webkit 0.4.18-1.2
ii librsvg2-common 2.54.5+dfsg-1
ii nautilus 43.2-1
ii pipewire-audio 0.3.65-3
ii sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8-2
ii system-config-printer-common 1.5.18-1
ii system-config-printer-udev 1.5.18-1
ii totem 43.0-2
ii tracker 3.4.2-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 43.1-2
ii yelp 42.2-1
ii zenity 3.44.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-core recommends:
ii epiphany-browser [gnome-www-browser] 43.1-1
ii firefox-esr [gnome-www-browser] 102.14.0esr-1~deb12u1
ii libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager 0.4.18-1.2
ii low-memory-monitor 2.1-1
ii network-manager-gnome 1.30.0-2

gnome-core suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Jeremy Bícha]

Control: tags -1 +moreinfo

On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 9:48 AM Michael P. Soulier

Post by Michael P. Soulier
Package: gnome
Version: 1:43+1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I set my keybindings to change workspaces on Super+1 to 4, for each of the 4
workspaces. Suddenly when I login, Super+3 opens the damned calendar instead.
But that's on a default X session. If I login with Wayland, suddenly 1-3 work
but Super+4 opens my browser.

I am unable to reproduce this bug as described with Debian 12.6.
Please do see the attached screenshot. By default, Super+3 opens the
3rd favorite/pinned app in the dash (the list of apps at the bottom of
the Activities Overview).

However, it is possible to override that shortcut.

Note that you'll also need to enable a fixed number of workspaces
because by default, GNOME only provides one more workspace than
currently used by apps. That means that there are only 2 workspaces
when you first log in.

Go to Settings > Workspaces and switch to Fixed number of workspaces
and set the number to 4.

If you are still experiencing this issue, try again without any GNOME
Shell extensions enabled. GNOME Shell extensions can break the normal
functionality of GNOME Shell.

If you are still experiencing this issue after all that, please try
again from a clean install of Debian GNOME. If the bug happens here,
please reply with detailed steps of how to reproduce this issue.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha