Bug#429281: gnome-media: volume control even while screensaver is active

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 20:48 +0200, Martin Waitz wrote:
> my laptop has nice volume control keys and they work nicely with GNOME.
> When the screensaver kicks in and locks the screen while listening to
> music I can't change volume any more because those key presses are
> ignored by the screensaver.
> 
> It would be nice if gnome-media could use some (not-yet-existing?)
> screensaver extentions to still allow volume control with an active
> screensaver.

Hi,

There was a similar request upstream, asking for a mute button in the
lock screen, but it has been closed as wontfix,
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387925

A more interesting suggestion is made here, to pause playback when the
sesssion is idle,
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347426

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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