Multimedia keys don't work reliably
I think that since upgrade from gnome-settings-daemon-42.1-1.fc37.x86_64 to gnome-settings-daemon-43~beta-1.fc38.x86_64, the multimedia keys on my keyboard works just sometimes. Observing my journal, I see following error when pressing play/pause some key:
`Oct 04 09:43:00 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable`
and here is the full log of the service for this boot:
$ LC_ALL=en_US journalctl --user --unit org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.service
... snip ...
-- Boot 50b7fb6fe2b64b58995ab84a1ac899c1 --
Sep 23 09:32:02 localhost.localdomain systemd[1786]: Starting org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.service - GNOME keyboard shortcuts service...
Sep 23 09:32:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1786]: Started org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.service - GNOME keyboard shortcuts service.
Sep 23 09:32:03 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:hibernate
Sep 23 09:32:03 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:playback-repeat
Sep 23 16:34:42 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Unable to get default sink
Sep 26 20:38:52 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Unable to get default sink
Sep 27 12:29:33 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 27 14:32:19 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 27 14:54:01 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 27 16:44:39 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 27 17:19:19 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 27 17:19:21 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 28 21:32:17 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Unable to get default sink
Sep 29 09:53:37 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 29 19:27:46 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 29 19:27:48 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Sep 29 19:28:12 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Unable to get default sink
Oct 03 10:06:48 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 17:30:04 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 17:30:05 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 17:30:06 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 17:30:07 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 18:48:23 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 18:48:35 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 18:52:21 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 03 18:52:39 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Unable to get default sink
Oct 04 09:22:41 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:24 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:25 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:26 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:26 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:33 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:34 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:37 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:40 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:41 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:41 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:41 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:41 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:42 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:36:54 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:40:38 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Oct 04 09:43:00 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[2372]: Error calling method GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
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I am running Fedora Rawhide with:
$ rpm -q gnome-settings-daemon
gnome-settings-daemon-43.0-1.fc38.x86_64