media_keys_test crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys' on object at path /org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys

[Tom]

I have a Dell XPS L502x laptop, when I tried to run system testing on the media keys, it just crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: checkbox 0.13.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 28 11:11:01 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/checkbox/scripts/media_keys_test
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120316)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/checkbox/scripts/media_keys_test
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/checkbox/scripts/media_keys_test']
SourcePackage: checkbox
Title: media_keys_test crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys' on object at path /org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Daniel Manrique (roadmr)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

I'd be curious to know if you're using an Ubuntu derivative (Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu), because otherwise it'd be hard for the Gnome settings daemon to not be running, which is what caused this crash. You could potentially work around this bug by installing gnome-settings-daemon, but that may not be feasible if you're using a derivative.

I'll mark this bug as Fix Released, since the development version has a new way of reading the media keys that will not experience this problem.

[Tom (teeks99)]

I'm running ubuntu with the KDE desktop (not kubuntu) installed on top of it. Thus gnome-settings-daemon was already installed...not sure if it would be running in this instance though.

[Daniel Manrique (roadmr)]

Thanks for replying ! Yes, I think it would not be running if you're using the KDE environment.

[Tom (teeks99)]

Indeed I do see it in my process list right now. I didn't check this when I ran the test though, it may have crashed previously or as part of the test.