Below I've posted what I'd like to put in a gsettings override, but I see that the support for gsettings custom shortcuts was reverted for Precise. Because of the need to continue to support gconf keyboard settings for Precise, this looks like it won't be possible to fix this bug until Q.
[org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys] custom-keybindings = "['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/terminal/','/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/trash/']" [org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybindings.terminal] binding = "<Primary><Alt>t" command = "gnome-terminal" name = "Launch Terminal" [org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybindings.trash] binding = "<Super>t" command = "gvfs-open trash:///" (I'm not sure if the Trash shortcut would work or not but that custom terminal shortcut works fine in Fedora 17). name = "Open Trash" ** Package changed: gsettings-desktop-schemas (Ubuntu) => gnome- settings-daemon (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952223 Title: Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open the terminal in GNOME Shell Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As the title says, Ctrl+Alt+T will not open a terminal. Other keybindings seem to work, for instance Ctl+Alt+L does lock the screen. But, other keybindings seem broken as well, Toggle Maximization State (Ctrl+Alt+5), Maximize window (Super+up), Restore window (Super+down), and Toggle shaded state (Ctrl+Alt+S) do not seem to work either. The other I can personally live without, I didn't really know that the existed until now, but I used to use the binding for the terminal all of the time. I am using Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 The one thing I have changed from the default install is that I switched to gnome-shell. Is it possible that this has created a conflict? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.3.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Mar 11 08:50:09 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/952223/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

