Ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon package

  1. Bug #950160
  2. Comment #70

Comment 70 for bug 950160

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James M. Leddy (jm-leddy) wrote : Re: Unity blocks other programs from binding globally to Super+* or Alt+* (* = any key)

I've solved this problem by removing this line from/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop

X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization

In my limited testing, I've seen no negative consequences. I'll run it for a few more days and let people know.

If anyone has a 11.10 installation, please paste the output of 'ps axf'. The most important bit is which started first, compiz or gnome-settings-daemon. It seames whichever starts later gets to grab the event.

Note this does not fix Super+* in the general case, but from testing g-s-d any application that starts later should have priority and be able to successfully grab the event.