Created attachment 5526 Window Manager My version of xfsettingsd is 4.11.2 (xfce 4.10) I have a bug similar as bug 968: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=968 Eg when changing the keyboard settings for the window manager, specifically the maximize_window_key. Every time I logged in again into the system, the keyboard I set for the maximize_window_key (<Super>Up) wouldn't work anymore. Another way to reload the settings that would remove the shortcut I set is: XFSETTINGSD_DEBUG=1 xfsettingsd --replace --no-daemon x After investigating it , I found out that the value="maximize_window_key" was twice in my ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml file: <property name="<Alt>F10" type="string" value="maximize_window_key"/> <property name="Escape" type="string" value="cancel_key"/> <property name="<Alt>F12" type="string" value="above_key"/> ....... ....... <property name="<Super>Up" type="string" value="maximize_window_key"/> Thus the Alt F10 was probably overridding my configuration everytime. My colleague had exactly the same issue with the same key, so I suspect they is a general issue because the XML is not cleaned when loaded. I solved my issue by using the Clear button on the Window Manager -> Keyboar Tab
This bug can be triggered if one messes around with the Xfce keyboard shortcuts file and adds 2+ definitions for the same action. If your distribution provides a custom config file, two different definitions for a specific action might end up in the user config file. Xubuntu specific bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1292290
Has already been reported elsewhere, marking as duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7070 ***