This still affects me in Ubuntu 20.04. Fully closing Rhythmbox does not free up the media keys, and if you reopen it later the media keys will not work (and won't work for other programs either)
Different ways to reproduce (note that the only way to have the media keys working again is to restart the machine) 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. -- 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/1036489 Title: Closing Rhythmbox doesn't close Rhythmbox and causes confusing key- binding behavior Status in rhythmbox package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: This is a problem I am experiencing in Quantal right now. Here is how to trigger it: 1. I load Pithos and start listening to music. My track change and start/pause key-bindings work great. 2. I load Rhythmbox to listen to a song on my computer. I stop Pithos playing and start playing Rhythmbox. 3. With two media players open my key-bindings only seem to apply to one player, so I close Rhythmbox (clicking the X in the window). 4. The window is not actually closed and my key-bindings still affect Rhythmbox - this is confusing as I see no icon on my Launcher. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-8.8-generic 3.5.0 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-8-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Aug 13 21:20:01 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1036489/+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
