Multimedia Buttons Problem with Amarok on Kubuntu 8.10

[Jose Lopez]

Ralph,

It is a problem of the Kubuntu 8.10. I have the same problem and I've nerver
had Suse. In fact my previous disto was Kubuntu 8.04 and the multimedia keys
was working ok by default.

regards,



2008/11/4 Ralph DeWitt <ralphdewitt at tampabay.rr.com>

> On Monday 03 November 2008 11:47:22 Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> > Ralph DeWitt wrote:
> > > I just did a full install of Kubuntu 8.10 retaining my home directory
> > > from a Opensuse 11.0 install. I am using a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop
> and
> > > the multimedia buttons used to work on previous kubuntu installs. I am
> > > not sure if this is a kubuntu 8.10 problem or a problem caused by
> reusing
> > > my opensuse home partition? Could some one help me get this sorted out
> > > and working.
> >
> > see if this helps, taken from the list of known issues from the
> > pre-release versions, i thought it might have been fixed :S
> >
> >
> > After upgrading to this version, some keys might misbehave in X. Please
> > make sure you have set the keyboard model as Generic Evdev-managed
> > keyboard in System → Preferences → Keyboard, in the tab Layouts. If some
> > keys still have problems, please file a bug against xkeyboard-config,
> > and provide the output of setxkbmap -print and xkbcomp :0 - both run in
> > the Terminal.
> Willy:
> Thanks for your reply. It is still broken. Amarok will start to play now
> that
> I have set keyboard to Generic Evdev but any attempt to use another button
> causes it to freeze and only power off restores control to system.
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