lubuntu 19.04 daily - media keys only working when vlc active (top-most window)

[Chris Guiver]

media keys (stop, next, prev, pause) are only working on this QA-test when the VLC window is 'active' (or upper-most/selected).

If I select desktop (ie. click background), have qterminal, firefox, lximage-qt or another window active, only the MUTE button will work. It seems to work everywhere, but

I would expect the keys to work regardless of what application is 'active'

(it does on my installed 19.04 system on this box; though I'm usually using XFCE. I'll endeavor to confirm on my installed [but modified] system )

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: vlc 3.0.4-2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.400
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Wed Nov 21 02:43:42 2018
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20181120)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

-- (last paragraph from comment #5)
To me the significance of this bug for Lubuntu is that VLC is the only media program included by default & it wasn't working as I'd expect/hope; where as subsequent (x86) tests found [two] programs that did work as expected for music (allowing me to stop, pause, play, etc) whilst I worked in vim/pcmanfm-qt etc..

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Alas - I get the same response with my installed 19.04 when choosing lubuntu/lxqt as my desktop and using my usual mp3 player audacious

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

If the media keys are working under XFCE, isn't this a LXQt issue?

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thanks Sebastian.

My QA-testing notes (comments) list what I found, and whilst VLC didn't recognize the keys, nor audacious, I found [two] other Qt based program(s) that did respond to the keys as I expected in later tests (on different hardware) but I no longer recall specifics.

As I mentioned I have 19.04 installed on this box, when logged into LXQt/Lubuntu the keys don't control VLC, but when I log in via XFCE/Xubuntu yes they work as I'd like.

To me the significance of this bug for Lubuntu is that VLC is the only media program included by default & it wasn't working as I'd expect/hope; where as subsequent (x86) tests found [two] programs that did work as expected for music (allowing me to stop, pause, play, etc) whilst I worked in vim/pcmanfm-qt etc..

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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