Rhythmbox does not respond to Multimedia Keys - Jaunty

[pradeepjey]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Multimedia keys that are correctly recognised by xev and Gnome Keyboard Shortcuts have no effect in Rhythmbox.

XF86audiovolume keys work but others like XF86AudioPlay do not.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7236587

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
Package: rhythmbox 0.12.0-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

[pradeepjey (pradeepjey)]

Sorry original report was for wrong package. This should apply to rhythmbox 0.12.0-0ubuntu4. Have corrected description.

[firesock (firesock-ml)]

I'm having the same problem... this has began to occur since I made the update to ubuntu 9.04 from ubuntu 8.10. I think that the problem it's the new version of rhythmbox (the 0.12.0)

I'm using a Dell vostro 1310 and The play, stop, next and previous multimedia keys aren't working.

I have looked with the terminal and ubuntu does recognize those keys when I press them, but rhythmbox doesn't respond to them. By the way, the volume multimedia keys work perfect.

In the keyboard shortcuts configuration those multimedia keys are configured in the right way.

Thank you very much for your attention and your useful help!...

Best Regards...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Are the keys correctly listed in the keybindings dialog?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

what key do you try to use exactly which doesn't work in rhythmbox? does it work in totem for example?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you run dbus-monitor --session and see if anything is listed when using the keys? are you using GNOME locally?

[pradeepjey (pradeepjey)]

I am using GNOME, yes.

dbus-monitor --session doesn't list anything at all,when I press the non-working keys.

It does however list for the working ones. Do you want the output for the working ones?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

no need to list the working ones no, it means that gnome-settings-daemon is not sending events for those keys, can you run gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon --debug and see what is printed when using the non work key?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you also try if you get the issue in a guest session?

[firesock (firesock-ml)]

Hi!

I have tested what you told us (sudo gnome-settings-daemon --no-daemon --debug). When I pressed a key that it's working fine, it printed some information about that action, but when I press the non working keys it doesn't print anything at all, the only thing that happen is that the cursor stop turning between black and white and remain black while I'm pressing the non working key.

I'll attach a text file with the info printed in the terminal, the last things that are printed were the response when I pressed the working keys.

I don't have the guest session activated, i couldn't test it.

Thank you very much for your help, thank you so much for sharing with us your time.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

setting to NEW, I've no clue about this issue, that should be sent on bugzilla.gnome.org to the software writters by whoever get the bug, does xev list the key event?

[firesock (firesock-ml)]

Hi Sebastien

xev list the key events for any key, including the non working keys.
I'll attach a text file showing the output of the xev.

I have tested it pressing the play (XF86AudioPlay), stop (XF86AudioStop), previous (XF86AudioPrev), next (XF86AudioNext) keys, that are the non working keys. After pressing those keys I pressed the working keys. (XF86AudioLowerVolume), (XF86AudioRaiseVolume). Both (the working and non working keys) showed response.

Thank you very much for your help

[Robert Marshall (marshall-robert)]

Hi,

I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here with a big "me too".

But my mute button does not work either, if that is relevant.

The strange thing is that these keys used to work in Jaunty before. They only recently stopped working. (Update perhaps?)

I have tried most of the stuff mentioned above with similar outputs. If there is anything you are wanting me to add, just say.

[pradeepjey (pradeepjey)]

Hi,

Sorry it's taken me a while to respond. My findings where the same as Firesock and Robert Marshall. Thanks guys for testing.

I've now filed a bug with Gnome as requested.

Link for anyone following this:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585336

Thanks for your time on this Sebastien.

Pradeep.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for sending the bug to GNOME

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

could somebody reply to the upstream questions? Thanks in advance.

[pradeepjey (pradeepjey)]

Sorry I upgraded to 9.10 and now cannot reproduce. Seems to be working fine now for me.

[firesock (firesock-ml)]

Hi!
I have updated to Ubuntu 9.10 and the problema was solved!

Thank you very much!

-----Mensaje original-----
De: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] En nombre de pradeepjey
Enviado el: sábado, 17 de abril de 2010 03:52 a.m.
Para: <email address hidden>
Asunto: [Bug 374526] Re: Rhythmbox does not respond to Multimedia Keys - Jaunty

Sorry I upgraded to 9.10 and now cannot reproduce. Seems to be working
fine now for me.

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Bug description:
Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Multimedia keys that are correctly recognised by xev and Gnome Keyboard Shortcuts have no effect in Rhythmbox.

XF86audiovolume keys work but others like XF86AudioPlay do not.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7236587

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
Package: rhythmbox 0.12.0-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing the bug since that works now

[Linus Casassa (lcasassa)]

I am on a macbook 4.1 with Ubuntu 10.04. And the Next, Previous and Play key buttons do not work. I use Rhythmbox.

This is the output of dbus-monitor --session:

signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) serial=658 path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Evince"
   string "Next"
signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) serial=659 path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Evince"
   string "Previous"
signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) serial=660 path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Evince"
   string "Play"

[Linus Casassa (lcasassa)]

dbus-monitor --session:

signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) serial=662 path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Evince"
   string "Previous"
signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) serial=663 path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Evince"
   string "Play"
signal sender=:1.3 -> dest=(null destination) serial=664 path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys; interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Evince"
   string "Next"

[Linus Casassa (lcasassa)]

Sorry... I had run rhythmbox with sudo... without sudo it works fine!