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FS#42786 - [amarok] Multimedia keys and global shortcuts don't work

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andrej Podzimek (andrej) - Friday, 14 November 2014, 14:29 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Thursday, 20 November 2014, 10:08 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

Amarok's global shortcuts don't work, especially the play/pause, media next, media stop and media previous buttons. Everything worked fine up to ~3 months ago, on exactly the same hardware.

(I hoped it was just a glitch that would go away with some of the updates, but that's not the case, unfortunately.)

Additional info:
* package version(s)
amarok 2.8.0-5

* config and/or log files etc.
Everything looks quite "normal" in .xsession-errors:

kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta++" for "amarok" : "increaseVolume"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+M" for "amarok" : "mute"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Media Next" for "amarok" : "next"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Media Previous" for "amarok" : "prev"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Media Stop" for "amarok" : "stop"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+O" for "amarok" : "showNotificationPopup"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+1" for "amarok" : "rate1"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+2" for "amarok" : "rate2"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+3" for "amarok" : "rate3"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+P" for "amarok" : "toggleMainWindow"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+4" for "amarok" : "rate4"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+5" for "amarok" : "rate5"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+A" for "amarok" : "playlist_add"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Meta+S" for "amarok" : "skipTrack"
kglobalaccel(11699) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Media Play" for "amarok" : "play_pause"

Steps to reproduce:

Try to use global shortcuts defined in Amarok. No matter if Amarok is in the foreground, in the background or iconified, the multimedia shortcuts don't work.
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 10:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  User said: "Today I noticed that the multimedia keys work again."

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