diff -Nru /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_alsamixer.c /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_alsamixer.c
--- /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_alsamixer.c	2007-03-12 11:25:33.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_alsamixer.c	2007-03-12 11:25:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@
 {
 	struct moddata_alsamixer *base = &modbase_alsamixer;
 	int code, value, mod, step;
+	static int first = 0;
 
 	code = (int) tagfind (taglist, TAG_KEYCODE, 0);
 	value = (int) tagfind (taglist, TAG_KEYREPEAT, 0);
@@ -520,23 +521,15 @@
 		} else return;
 
 		/* check whether gnome-settings-daemon is running */
-		pid_t killall_pid = fork();
-		if (killall_pid == 0) {
-			execl ("/usr/bin/killall", "killall", "-q", "-s", "0", "gnome-settings-daemon", NULL);
-			perror("could not execute killall");
-			exit (1);
-		} else if (killall_pid > 0) {
-			int status;
-			if (wait (&status) > 0) {
-				if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0) {
-					print_msg (PBB_WARN, _("Ignoring volume control key since gnome-settings-daemon is running\n"));
-					return;
-				}
-			} else
-			    perror("wait on killall");
-		} else
-		    perror ("forking killall");
-
+		if ( daemon_running("gnome-settings-daemon")) {
+			if (!first) {
+				/* spam syslog only once */
+				first = 1;
+				print_msg (PBB_WARN, _("Ignoring volume control key since gnome-settings-daemon is running\n"));
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+		first = 0;
 		if ((step == 0) || (mod & MOD_SHIFT))
 			alsamixer_set_and_send(ALSAMIXER_REL, step); /* mute and fine tuning */
 		else
diff -Nru /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_cdrom.c /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_cdrom.c
--- /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_cdrom.c	2007-03-12 11:25:33.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_cdrom.c	2007-03-12 11:25:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -311,6 +311,12 @@
 	int fd, err = 0, rc = 0;
 	unsigned int t1, t2;
 	char *mp;
+	int ejectok = 0;
+
+	/* assume that gnome shortcut is set */
+	if ( daemon_running("gnome-settings-daemon")) {
+		return rc;
+	}
 
 	singletag_to_clients(CHANGEVALUE, TAG_EJECTCD, 0); /* busy */
 	if ((mp = cdrom_getmountpoint(base->cdromdev)))
@@ -318,6 +324,8 @@
 		err = call_script ("/usr/bin/eject %.30s", mp);
 		if (err)
 		    err = call_script ("/bin/umount %.30s", mp);
+		else
+		    ejectok = 1;
 	}
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) && CDROM
@@ -332,6 +340,10 @@
 			printf ("capabilities: %x\n", err);
 #endif
 			err = ioctl (fd, CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS);
+			if (ejectok) { 
+				/* /bin/eject already ejected the drive */
+				err = 1;
+			}
 			switch (err) {
 			case 2:  /* CDS_TRAY_OPEN */	
 			default:
@@ -351,7 +363,9 @@
 #if defined(DEBUG) && CDROMPERF
 				t1 = cdrom_gettime ();
 #endif
-				ioctl (fd, CDROMEJECT);
+				if (!ejectok) { 
+					ioctl (fd, CDROMEJECT);
+				}
 #if defined(DEBUG) && CDROMPERF
 				t2 = cdrom_gettime ();
 				printf ("open Tray : %4d (%4u-%4u)\n", t2-t1, t2, t1);
diff -Nru /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_powersave.c /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_powersave.c
--- /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_powersave.c	2007-03-12 11:25:33.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/module_powersave.c	2007-03-12 11:25:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -373,20 +373,9 @@
 
 	/* check whether gnome-power-manager is running */
 	int gpm_running = 0;
-	pid_t killall_pid = fork();
-	if (killall_pid == 0) {
-		execl ("/usr/bin/killall", "killall", "-q", "-s", "0", "gnome-power-manager", NULL);
-		perror("could not execute killall");
-		exit (1);
-	} else if (killall_pid > 0) {
-		int status;
-		if (wait (&status) > 0) {
-			if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0)
-			       gpm_running = 1;
-		} else
-		    perror("wait on killall");
-	} else
-	    perror ("forking killall");
+	if (daemon_running("gnome-power-manager")) {
+		gpm_running = 1;
+	} 
 
 	while (taglist->tag != TAG_END) {
 		switch (taglist->tag) {
diff -Nru /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.c /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.c
--- /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.c	2006-09-24 16:41:41.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.c	2007-03-12 11:25:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -281,3 +281,27 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/* check if another process is running as both pbbuttonsd and gnome want to deal with media keys, 
+   power saving and so on.
+*/
+int 
+daemon_running(char *cmd)
+{
+	pid_t killall_pid = fork();
+	
+	if (killall_pid == 0) {
+		execl ("/usr/bin/killall", "killall", "-q", "-s", "0", cmd, NULL);
+		perror("could not execute killall");
+		exit (1);
+	} else if (killall_pid > 0) {
+		int status;
+		if (wait (&status) > 0) {
+			if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0) {
+				return 1;
+			}
+		} else
+			perror("wait on killall");
+	} else
+		perror ("forking killall");
+	return 0;
+}
diff -Nru /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.h /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.h
--- /tmp/DpUq68Xkv0/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.h	2006-01-21 19:05:53.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/1n5PJQ89iA/pbbuttonsd-0.7.9/src/support.h	2007-03-12 11:25:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
 /* prototypes */
 int copy_path (char *source, char *dest, int type, int flags);
 int call_script (char* template, ...);
+int daemon_running(char *cmd);
 
 #endif    /* INCLUDE_SUPPORT_H */