tomahawk does not respond to media key presses on kubuntu

[Craig Magina]

The play/pause, next and previous media keys on my keyboard work for Amarok, but not Tomahawk.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: tomahawk 0.6.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 22 10:12:36 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-07 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130306)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: tomahawk
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Craig Magina (craig.magina)]

This issue is tracked in upstream at https://bugs.tomahawk-player.org/browse/TWK-86

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Anthony (a-servedio)]

One thing you can try, which solved my issue,

If you are a chrome user, by default it hijacks your media keys even when not in focus, for Google Play Music.

You can set it to work when Chrome is focused only or disable those keys, like this:
- Chrome App Menu \ More Tools \ Extensions
- At the complete end of the list, hit "Keyboard Shortcuts"
- Look at "Google Play Music" section
- Delete keys [x] or change the type from "global" to "in chrome"

Thanks for this article: http://www.omgchrome.com/chrome-google-music-media-keys/