eject key doesn't work when disks are mounted
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Settings Daemon |
Fix Released
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Medium
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Intrepid |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-settings-
It appears that machines that have a software eject key are not able to eject disks from gnome. In evaluating the cause of the problem, a lot of possible indicators show up.
Gnome-settings-
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Impact:
Any users that have non CD/DVD hardware eject keys are impacted.
Addressed:
All development of this patch was done with myself and upstream. Upstream has added the patch to trunk.
Regression Potential:
Users need to verify that their hotkeys that worked will still work. This code is very core to the design of how the keys get bound. On the flip side, It's quite possible that other hotkeys (such as Play/Pause) didn't work before either and will be fixed by this too. Eject is just the most obvious key.
Test Case:
1) Install an Ubuntu 8.10 system
2) Verify that at least one hotkey doesn't behave as expected when bound (such as Eject).
3) Verify in 'xev' that a keypress shows the keycode and that it isn't grabbed by any application.
4) Install the proposed package
5) Log out and back into your session
6) Verify that same key now works.
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
thanks for your work on it.