Media keys doesn't work

[pedronovaes]

Hi,

When I use the Spotify app on Debian 10, sometimes the media keys don't work. I press the play/pause or next or before buttons and it doesn't work.

Can someone help me?

[Chrisdb]

Is this a Debian package or Snap install?

Did it work before? If so and you're using snap, try a previous version and see if it worked then.

spotify forums:
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Deskto ... ktop_linux

[pedronovaes]

Is this a Debian package or Snap install?

It is a Debian package. I installed using these commands:

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curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add - 
echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install spotify-client

When I turn on my computer, it works. But, over time, it stops working.
The same behavior for the Rhythmbox or other music player.

[Chrisdb]

Which DE are you using (Gnome, KDE, Xfce,...)

[pedronovaes]

Which DE are you using (Gnome, KDE, Xfce,...)

I'm using Gnome

[Chrisdb]

I'm using Gnome

Ok, can you post output of the journal from the moment you experienced the issue, f.e. your previous session:

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sudo journalctl -x -b -1

[pedronovaes]

It appears this message: Specifying boot ID or boot offset has no effect, no persistent journal was found.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

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# mkdir -p /var/log/journal

[pedronovaes]

It appears this message:

Feb 06 09:14:02 inspiron systemd-shutdown[1]: Syncing filesystems and block devices.
Feb 06 09:14:02 inspiron systemd-shutdown[1]: Sending SIGTERM to remaining processes...
Feb 06 09:14:02 inspiron systemd-journald[339]: Journal stopped
-- Subject: The journal has been stopped
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- The system journal process has shut down and closed all currently
-- active journal files.

[pedronovaes]

I just took a test. I opened spotify and it was working normally, then I opened a tab in chrome with youtube and closed spotify. I opened spotify and then the buttons stopped working with spotify and continued to work with youtube. Then I closed chrome and opened Spotify, so it worked normally.

Any idea what it might be?

[Chrisdb]

I just took a test. I opened spotify and it was working normally, then I opened a tab in chrome with youtube and closed spotify. I opened spotify and then the buttons stopped working with spotify and continued to work with youtube. Then I closed chrome and opened Spotify, so it worked normally.

Any idea what it might be?

Sounds like GNOME is playing tricks on you
Gnome is probably intercepting your media key events

Try this:

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sudo apt install dconf-editor

Now go to org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys and change the respective buttons to none ('')

[pedronovaes]

Sounds like GNOME is playing tricks on you
Gnome is probably intercepting your media key events

Try this:

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sudo apt install dconf-editor

Now go to org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys and change the respective buttons to none ('')

I tried, but it didn't work. So, do you have another solution?

[Chrisdb]

Try:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1068716/793432