[Bug 155982] New: multimedia keyboard not working in KDE4

[jamese]

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           Summary: multimedia keyboard not working in KDE4
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: james.ellis gmail com


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I have no idea whether this is the right place for this bug report, so feel free to move it the right location. It seems to be a KDE4.0 related thing.

I have a Dell laptop which has volume up/down, mute, play fwd/rev keys etc. Since installing KDE4.0 these no longer work and i have to use kmix to control the volume. Additionally when running KDE3.5.8 on the same laptop since installing KDE4.0 hitting one of the multimedia keys either doesn't work or causes kded to consume lots of CPU (70 to 99.9%)
 
Not sure how to debug this but I'd expect it would be a simple fix given it works/worked in KDE3.5 ? It seems to me like the multimedia  keys have been "unbound" from their various functions.

Reproduce: try using a multimedia keyboard in KDE4.0
Expected: volume control, track control in Amarok, bind keystrokes to various KDE functions