Okay, so the lack of multimedia keyboard support is not a problem with Amarok, Gnome, OR the Gnome Multimedia Keys script.
Instead, this problem is related to a bug in Intrepid with the Toshiba ACPI driver. Apparently this happened during the beginning of Hardy too, but one of the kernel updates fixed the issue for most Toshiba laptops (mine included). However, there was another regression in Intrepid and again the Toshiba ACPI is all screwed up.
What does not work for my Toshiba in Intrepid:
- FN keys
- Multimedia keys (in ANY program as it turns out, Rhythmbox... Amarok... etc)
- Mute / Unmute keyboard key (the volume and mute on the front of the laptop work though)
There are several bugs I found that seem to relate overall to this problem. I'm going to spend some time this next weekend and figure out WHICH bug affects MY Toshiba model and see if there has been a solution yet. I'm debatting actually compiling the toshiba_acpi driver manually and patching the kernel, but that would probably be broken again the next time they update the kernel.
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Amarok and Intrepid
Amarok and Gnome don't always play nice. I've looked for alternatives to Amarok, and I just haven't found one that matches Amarok. In fact, I have never experienced a better jukebox (for lack of a better word). Any OS. Any MP3 player. Period.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: Amarok, Gnome, and Intrepid.
Amarok has behaved much more stable in Intrepid for me. I had it crash on me a lot in Hardy, so I welcome the improvement. However, I, rather stupidly, checked a box on a warning box. In the past, I would always just say retry and it worked like a champ. Amarok hasn't really had any problems, but this has caused one rather unfortunate side-effect. NO GNOME MEDIA KEYS. I have the plugin installed. Easy as always. But it doesn't work. This is either a regression with Intrepid / Gnome OR it is because of the aforementioned dialog box I have dismissed for the last time.
I like to think positively, so I will imagine that it is because of the dialog box. Now I just need to figure out WHAT the dialog box was for so I can find the configuration file for it and tell it to show those warnings again. That's the plan.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: Amarok, Gnome, and Intrepid.
Amarok has behaved much more stable in Intrepid for me. I had it crash on me a lot in Hardy, so I welcome the improvement. However, I, rather stupidly, checked a box on a warning box. In the past, I would always just say retry and it worked like a champ. Amarok hasn't really had any problems, but this has caused one rather unfortunate side-effect. NO GNOME MEDIA KEYS. I have the plugin installed. Easy as always. But it doesn't work. This is either a regression with Intrepid / Gnome OR it is because of the aforementioned dialog box I have dismissed for the last time.
I like to think positively, so I will imagine that it is because of the dialog box. Now I just need to figure out WHAT the dialog box was for so I can find the configuration file for it and tell it to show those warnings again. That's the plan.
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