(In reply to comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> 
> Multimedia keys (next/previous, play, pause, stop) are broken in totem and
> rhythmbox. If I go into the keyboard shortcuts menu and attempt to set them,
> they are set to the same values they were before when I hit the keys, so the
> keys appear to still be generating the same keysym.

We don't change the keysyms anymore, because it was even more broken. What do
you mean by "don't work"?

Nothing happens when they're pressed.

Are you saying the shortcut prefs are ignored?

(In reply to comment #2)
> Nothing happens when they're pressed.
> 
> Are you saying the shortcut prefs are ignored?

The shortcut prefs are handled by the D-Bus service in gnome-settings-daemon.

Please check whether the output of "dbus-monitor --session --monitor" shows the
key presses appearing, for example:

signal sender=:1.1 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon;
interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Rhythmbox"
   string "Pause"

Pressing the keys shows nothing in dbus-monitor.

Theory from Bastien is it broke from the patch in

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165343

On my system totem works with multimedia keys, but rhythmbox does not. This is
on fedora alhpa 1 with all updates applied.

With Rhtyhmbox running i get this:

signal sender=:1.1 -> dest=(null destination)
path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys;
interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string ""
   string "Play"

And with totem running instead I get this:

signal sender=:1.1 -> dest=(null destination)
path=/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys;
interface=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys; member=MediaPlayerKeyPressed
   string "Totem"
   string "Play"
method call sender=:1.40 -> dest=:1.3 path=/org/gnome/ScreenSaver;
interface=org.gnome.ScreenSaver; member=Inhibit
   string "Totem"
   string "Playing a movie"
method return sender=:1.3 -> dest=:1.40 reply_serial=33
   uint32 1972705658

I have special keys on the keyboard for play,next,previous so there are no keys
like "Fn" involved.

Bill, is your experience consistent with that in current rawhide?

Note that the patch Ray mentioned in comment #5 has been reverted in the
gnome-settings-daemon version we have in rawhide, so if it works again, thats why.

Yes, totem works, rhythmbox does not.

Look at the plugins in rhythmbox and totem:

rhythmbox:
                plugin->proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name (bus,
                                "org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys",
                                "/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys",
                                "org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys");

totem:
        pi->media_player_keys_proxy = 
          dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name_owner (connection,
                                                "org.gnome.SettingsDaemon",
                                               
"/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/MediaKeys",
                                                "org.gnome. n.MediaKeys",
                                                 NULL);

and indeed, debug output from a rhythmbox launch has:

(22:24:57) [0x900a478] [impl_activate] rb-mmkeys-plugin.c:286: activating media
player keys plugin
(22:24:57) [0x900a478] [impl_activate] rb-mmkeys-plugin.c:339:
org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys dbus service not found

Should be fixed in rhythmbox-0.11.4-9.fc9