I'm having trouble getting xbindkeys to work under Mint 17/Ubuntu 14.04. When I run xbindkeys -v I get this in the console:
displayName = :0
rc file = /home/tim/.xbindkeysrc
rc guile file = /home/tim/.xbindkeysrc.scm
getting rc guile file /home/tim/.xbindkeysrc.scm.
initializing guile fns...
xbindkey_wrapper debug: cmd=xbindkeys_show.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: modifier = control.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: modifier = shift.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: key = q
xbindkey_wrapper debug: cmd=xterm.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: modifier = alt.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: modifier = m:4.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: modifier = mod2.
xbindkey_wrapper debug: key = c:0x29
min_keycode=8 max_keycode=255 (ie: know keycodes)
"xbindkeys_show"
Control+Shift + q
"xterm"
m:0xc + c:41
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
Major opcode of failed request: 33 (X_GrabKey)
Serial number of failed request: 15
Current serial number in output stream: 19
Thanks for any input.