Same issue here.
Ubuntu 15.04, german keyboard layout
It didnt happen the first half year but ever again since then. May be
some regression that slipped in?
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This also affects me (running ubuntu 16.04.2)
Remapping the shortcut for the command to some other combination does
not work either.
I had this bug for a long time, then deactivated the shortcut and
created my own shortcut to open a new terminal. That worked for a while
but did stop to work a