xfce4-popup-menu works but keyb. shortcut to same doesn't

[Dimitris Karangelos]

On 2/18/08, chochem <chochem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This problem has persisted ever since I installed Xubuntu on my laptop: I can
> go into a terminal and enter xfce4-popup-menu and get the main menu to open
> up instantly. If I assign it to a hotkey combination (or before changing it,
> trying to use ctrl+esc) something very peculiar happens: Sometimes it works,
> sometimes it doesn't, averaging something like one in ten (but it varies

Looks like a known issue, check this out:

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3234

A workaround is given at the end of the thread,  does the trick for me.

D.