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Bug 400733 - mutlimedia keys not working
mutlimedia keys not working
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 398184
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
0.9.7
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-01-25 19:04 UTC by Brian J. Murrell
Modified: 2007-01-25 22:54 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Brian J. Murrell 2007-01-25 19:04:31 UTC
Please describe the problem:
I used to be able to use the multimedia keys on my keyboard to pause/play skip fwd/back tracks with RB.  These seem to be no longer doing anything in RB.
The keys are still being plumbed in Gnome as can be seen with dbus-monitor:

signal sender=:1.1 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string ""
   string "Play"
signal sender=:1.18 -> dest=(null destination) path=/net/sf/gaim/GaimObject; interface=net.sf.gaim.GaimInterface; member=UpdateIdle
signal sender=:1.1 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string ""
   string "Previous"
signal sender=:1.1 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string ""
   string "Next"

RB just does not seem to be doing anything anymore when I press them.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Obtain a keyboard with multimedia keys
2. Start RB
3. Press keys and watch RB do nothing


Actual results:
Nothing.

Expected results:
Play/Pause and skip FWD/NEXT tracks.

Does this happen every time?
Yes, now.  It used to work just fine.

Other information:
Comment 1 James "Doc" Livingston 2007-01-25 22:54:05 UTC
Rhythmbox doesn't support Gnome 2.17's new method of dealing with media keys yet. There is a patch on bug 398184, which will probably be committed to svn soon.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 398184 ***