[regression] amarok not recognising multimedia keys

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Confirmed in Gutsy.

Win+C and Win+V do not work out of the box while using Gnome.

Probably a conflict with either keyboard shorcuts or compiz..

I do not believe this is an Amarok specific bug, and might be linked with the Super+L bug in Gnome's "keyboard shortcuts"

I figured this out.

When using Compiz, "Enhanced Zoom Desktop" is enabled by default. It has assigned the hotkey "Super+C" to Center the mouse. Reassigning compiz keys and/or deselecting the use of "Enhanced Zoom Desktop" solves the problem for that key. I'm betting there are similar settings for the other keys that do not work...

This is really an Ubuntu specific problem, as it does not have a good way to assign global hotkeys...

Changing package to kdeutils since I think Patrick's issue is caused by something in KMilo.

@Xvani: your issue is unrelated to the inital report, please report a bug for compiz asking to change their default shortcuts, since they conflict with Amarok (Applicaton use are more important than Desktop Effects).

Same problem here, I changed the keys in compiz but still having problems
Key shortcuts work when amarok window is in focus but they doesn't work when minimized to tray
I've noticed thar win+'x', win+'+', and win + '-' work correctly

This is also the case in hardy, but now the Gnome Multimedia Keys script I was using to patch it no longer helps.

I created a script that fixed this with Amarok in feisty/hardy.

A new version of my script "Gnome Multimedia Keys" is available which should now work in Hardy.

This will only fix the multimedia buttons (play, next, stop etc) and not fix other shortcuts (win+x, win+c, etc).

Get it here http://chris.scotland.googlepages.com/ or from the amarok script manager.

The same happens in KDE 4 in Intrepid. The multimedia keys on my Dell XPS M1530 used to work in Hardy, but now they only work when Amarok is focused (ie open), running KDE 4.1. The normal keyboard combinations work without any problems.

I have a similar problem here (Ubuntu Intrepid 32 bits). I installed BrowneR's script, and it works. But it only does when Amarok is focused and in front of every windows. If another Window is over Amarok, or if Amarok is hidden in the tray, multimedia keys won't work.
I am using Amarok 2.0.1 on KDE 4.2.00.

I can confirm gonetils report with KDE 4.2 and Amarok 1.4.10. For me the forward and backward keys stoppend working with Amarok if the Amarok window isn't focused. The keys are regognized, produce proper events (verified with xev) and work if Amarok is focused.

@gonetil: Solution and proper bug for our issue is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/285056/comments/15

Marking Confirmed, Low. Reported upstream, linking LP to KDE bugtracker.

It hasn't updated here yet, but it's been marked as Resolved. This is fixed in a later version. Requesting a backport for this.

Think I may have clicked too many, sorry about that SRU guys.

SRU != backport

In order to archive a stable release update the 'fix-in-later-version' needs to be isolated and transformed into a patch against the amarok versions in all Kubuntu versions that ought to obtain the SRU (ultimately attached as a debdiff to this report, to make it easier processable).

Unless some kind of useful patch is attached to the report, all nominations will be rejected as per SRU policy.

KMilo from KDE3 is unmaintained. For those with similar symptoms in KDE4, this is tracked at bug 223412.