[quantal] ctrl+alt+l fail to start screenserver

[Stefan Bader]

Not sure which package to files this against. But it seems to be related to activating quantal-proposed (which has the new X stack). Now ctrl+alt+l fails to bring up the screensaver (while a laptop that is on quantal but not proposed does work). The shortcut looks still to be present in the keyboard shortcuts dialog box and pressing the key while a shell window is open does play the error sound (so it gets the key).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-7.7-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-7-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 3 15:04:11 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01fc]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.3)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1521
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-7-generic root=UUID=4ec19e6c-f6cc-4b34-9605-fef3559ebfdd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
 Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Default Screen"
  Option "NoAccel"
 EndSection
XorgLogOld:

dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A00
dmi.board.name: 0GU163
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA00:bd05/16/2007:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1521:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0GU163:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1521
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3249-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.37-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.902-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-2~ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Tobias Wolf (towolf)]

Do your volume control buttons work?

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

No, volumes keys (up/down/mute) do not work either. While in rhythmbox play/pause, next, previous do work.

[Tobias Wolf (towolf)]

I think the media-keys module of gnome-settings-daemons is affected.

Here, none of the media-keys bindings listed under ‹ org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys › work.

Are you using the ricotz Gnome3 PPA?

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

No this is a unity (ubuntu alternate iso) installation. The one major difference between the working laptop and the broken one is that the broken one has quantal-proposed enabled (and from there is using the new X stack).

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Stefan, are you still seeing this issue? If so I'd recommend working through some of the troubleshooting steps at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys to help narrow down where the fault is.

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Not seeing this with a machine updated today (2012-09-18) which should have the new stack by now. So probably fixed along the process. Closing.