Bug#421164: gnome-control-center: Gnome settings daemon messes up multimedia keys configuration

[Sven Arvidsson]

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 02:32 +0545, Samuel Joyce wrote:
> Upgraded to the latest Gnome Control Center today and found that the
> multimedia keys on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 9300) were not behaving as
> they were set up to do. While my personal xmodmap file is loaded
> properly on Gnome startup, the behaviour of the keys are quite
> arbitrary. While on occasion, xev shows that they have been mapped
> properly, only a few of them function:
> 
> For example, I have mapped the volume keys through Gconf to use "amixer
> set PCM" etc., and the media keys to XF86AUDIO etc. If the media keys
> work, the volume keys don't, or vice versa.

Hi,

I don't think a lot of this is necessary anymore, you should be able to
set most of the keys directly through gnome-keybinding-properties.

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
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