I'm not familiar with the reasoning for this, if it is an intentional design choice. If the issue still occurs in Ubuntu 24.04, which is about to be released, then please also report it at:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/new and tell us the new issue ID. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2060389 Title: Lock screen doesn't prevent media keys from working Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1) Open a music player e.g. Audacious with some music content 2) Lock the screen 3) Press Play/Pause media button (I'm using an Apple USB keyboard) What happens: Audacious starts playing music. What should happen: Nothing, because the screen is locked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-shell 42.9-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-100.110-generic 5.15.143 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-100-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Apr 7 17:55:16 2024 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-11-09 (1610 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.9-0ubuntu5 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-01-02 (460 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2060389/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp