amarok in ubuntu (with keyboard multimedia buttons)

[Matthew Flaschen]

Felipe Figueiredo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> my extra keyboard's buttons ("my computer", calculator, search, etc...) work 
> out of the box both in ubuntu (gnome) and in kubuntu (kde).
> 
> Except for the fact that in gnome, amarok is not the default multimedia app, 
> so the "play", 'stop', 'pause', etc buttons are simply ignored when amarok is 
> concerned.
> 
> Anyone knows how can I tell Mr. Gnome that I like amarok very much, and would 
> like it to fuction as per System/Preferences/Shortcuts?

Do I understand that the ubuntu and kubuntu installations you refer to
are entirely separate?  If setting the keys as global shortcuts by
running Settings, Configure Global Shortcuts for Amarok doesn't work in
GNOME I don't know what to tell you.

Matt Flaschen