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| KruyKaze (kruykaze) wrote Re: [Bug 569994] Re: eject hotkey fails to eject cd on gnome lucid | #41 |
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:47 PM, pauls <email address hidden> wrote:
> That's right, it makes no difference whether I have the drive loaded or
> not. Not that that matters. You want it to open regardless.
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> eject hotkey fails to eject cd on gnome lucid
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> Status in Gnome Settings Daemon: New
> Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
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> Bug description:
> Dell E1505 inspiron laptop. Fn-F10 hotkey combo ejects cd/dvd tray on jaunty and earlier versions of gnome, but fails on lucid gnome.
>
> When I hit Fn-F10, the eject on-screen-display icon appears, but the cd does not open. I've checked the tray on another OS and it works with that key combo, so it's not a hardware problem.
>
> The output from xev when I press Fn-F10 is:
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> MappingNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
> request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248
>
> FocusOut event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x5c00001,
> mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
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> FocusIn event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x5c00001,
> mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
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> KeymapNotify event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
> keys: 4294967213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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> The fact that the eject on-screen-display icon pops up makes me think this has nothing to do with failure to recognize the key input, and more likely relates to how gnome processes the XF86Eject command.
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> For example, if I install xdotool and enter 'xdotool key XF86Eject' in a console, I see the same result. The o-s-d icon appears, but the cd/dvd fails to open.
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> Entering 'eject' in the console results in the cd/dvd opening.
>
> Not sure what else you need, but let me know.
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