Comment # 17 on bug 1103682 from Ludwig Nussel

(In reply to Michal Srb from comment #14)
> (In reply to Fabian Vogt from comment #12)
> > I had a look at the code and it uses X11 KeySyms throughout.
> 
> Actually KeySyms are layout-dependent, did you mean KeyCodes?
> 
> The code that prints the current grabs in X server does not look like it
> could cause any changes. My best explanation is that when the xdotool
> virtually presses the "XF86LogGrabInfo" key, which was not present on the
> current keyboard layout, it causes some update to it. (Even though that
> layout should not matter for the shortcuts.)
> 
> So, I don't have idea what could be broken, but I have some questions:
> 
> Can you reliably reproduce the problem and reliably fix it using the xdotool?

Yes on one laptop, no on another.

> Does switching keyboard layout between DE and US make any difference? Does
> pressing ctrl-alt-z (instead of y) do something?

no but this key seems to be special in some way. I put another app on
ctrl-alt-d and that one works always.