[Expired for rhythmbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890494 Title: Closing Rhythmbox does not free the media keys Status in rhythmbox package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Closing Rhythmbox, does not free the media keys, and no program can use them after that, not even Rhythmbox if you restart it. This seems to be very close to bug #1036489, but that one was active 8 years ago, and was marked as expired 6 years ago. Restarting the machine frees the media keys again. Steps to reproduce: 1. Verify that the media keys work (restart the machine if not) 2. close rhythmbox with right click on the taskbar icon, use "stop & quit" 3. reopen rhythmbox, the media keys do not work. 1. Verify that the media keys work (restart the machine if not) 2. End the 'rhythmbox' process 3. reopen rhythmbox, the media keys do not work. 1. Verify that the media keys work (restart the machine if not) 2. in rhythmbox go to preferences -> plugins -> click preferences for any plugin 3. click the 'restart' next to "Restart the player for the changes to take effect" 4. once rhythmbox restarts, the media keys do not work anymore. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release: 20.04 $ apt-cache policy rhythmbox rhythmbox: Installed: 3.4.4-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.4.4-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.4.4-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1890494/+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