https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:21:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3210/ubuntu-1310-gnome-38-and-i3wm-media-keys-brightness-volume/Hi, to get my laptop media keys working under i3 I added the following to my *~/.i3/config*: exec --no-startup-id gnome-settings-daemon After updating to Ubuntu 13.10 the media keys no longer work under i3 (they still work in Gnome/Unity). How can I get them back working with i3? RegardsSun, 12 Jan 2014 14:42:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3210/ubuntu-1310-gnome-38-and-i3wm-media-keys-brightness-volume/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3210/ubuntu-1310-gnome-38-and-i3wm-media-keys-brightness-volume/?comment=5829#comment-5829Is it customary to startup the gnome-settings-daemon (or some other settings daemon) like this to take care of many "small" problems like media keys, audio etc?Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:21:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3210/ubuntu-1310-gnome-38-and-i3wm-media-keys-brightness-volume/?comment=5829#comment-5829https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3210/ubuntu-1310-gnome-38-and-i3wm-media-keys-brightness-volume/?answer=3211#post-id-3211I solved it by myself. The problem is that media key handling was moved from *gnome-settings-daemon* to *gnome-shell*. However this feature was added back to *gnome-settings-daemon* in the Ubuntu Trusty Repository which can be installed via PPA ([https://launchpad.net/~ezyang/+archive/ppa](https://launchpad.net/~ezyang/+archive/ppa)): sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ezyang/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Best RegardsSun, 12 Jan 2014 14:43:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3210/ubuntu-1310-gnome-38-and-i3wm-media-keys-brightness-volume/?answer=3211#post-id-3211