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KDE 4.4 w/ QT 4.6.0 KWin Global Shortcut Issues

Just FYI for the people who are looking to upgrade to KDE 4.4 using the KDE:KDE4:Unstable:Desktop repository..

There is a bug which has been reported here:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216857

To where your Kwin Global Shortcuts will not work when you log on, you can regain the functionality by running:

killall kwin;kwin

Please stand by for an update.

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Andreas K says:

December 7, 2009 at 10:12 pm

thank you!!! it was driving me mad..

in the bug-comments there’s a hint that killing kwin isn’t neccessary

kwin –replace

should work as well (will try on next login)
Thomas Coopman says:

December 8, 2009 at 12:50 am

I think it is better to use kwin –replace (instead of killall kwin;kwin) and it works also!
Matt Williams says:

December 9, 2009 at 2:29 am

Or even ‘kquitapp kwin && kwin’ as it can be a little less harsh than killall for KDE programs.
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