The problem with this one (for some reason) is that my gtkrc-2.0 was using the Qt theme, obviously set by KDE.
The workaround is to remove this file... -- Dapper: ALT-F2 no longer brings up run dialog, ALT-F1 no longer selects Applications menu https://launchpad.net/bugs/44945 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs