[Bug 368260] [NEW] Mute key (and other multimedia keys) has stopped working

[Iuri Diniz]

Public bug reported:

Hello folks,

I did a fresh ubuntu 9.04 install and all things were working perfect.
After a time using (I don't know when) some multimedia keys has stopped working.

my laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525 and I have multimedia keys on laptop
keyboard and on a external usb keyboard, both affected.

keys in question:

volume up -> works
volume down -> works
volume mute -> doesn't
rewind -> doesn't 
forward -> doesn't
stop -> doesn't
play/pause -> doesn't

If I create a new user (or use guest account) the keys work again, so I
suspect some configuration problem, but I didn't discovery it.

The keys are mapped correctly in System->Preferences->Keyboard
Shortcuts.

Also when I execute xev, the key is detected but nothing happens, see
the output for volume mute key:

KeyRelease event, serial 39, synthetic NO, window 0x2800001,
    root 0xb7, subw 0x0, time 4528727, (105,62), root:(187,109),
    state 0x10, keycode 121 (keysym 0x1008ff12, XF86AudioMute), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False


I don't know if this bug maybe related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/281993

Thanks

** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Mute key (and other multimedia keys) has stopped working
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