Comment 17 for bug 182704

I have some further info, which I'll post in case it's helpful to somebody. I've done some toying with the shortcut keys and I was wrong, all I've tried fail when NumLock is on, save "Run in Terminal". I've tried
    * single key shortcuts (such as F1 for help)
    * Fn+F10 for ejecting CD's
    * My laptop's brightness controls
    * Ctrl+Alt+T for other task (calculator)
    * Previously non-working combinatios for "Run in Terminal"

Since the brightness controls work as soon as the BIOS is loaded, they still obviously work, regardless of NumLock. Single key shortcuts also fail with Numlock on. Finally, there's no magic key combination. Ctrl+Alt+T will fail when set other shortcuts, while any shortcut set for launching a terminal will work.

Hyperair noted that the terminal shortcut might have been set up for compiz. Although I don't usually have compiz running, I did set it up via gconf so that there was a way to launch a terminal. I can't think of any other difference.

By the way, is this a bug in metacity, in the kernel or in the gnome-control-center?