[?] [3067] [Linux] Media keys sometimes stop working for AIMP

[Lutalli]

Using CachyOS with KDE Plasma. Since some update of AIMP (I don't remember which exactly), the media keys (previous song, next song, play/pause) sometimes stop working for AIMP. "Sometimes" as this happens randomly and I haven't found a way to reproduce it yet. Restarting the program or restarting the computer might fix it, but not always.

When this is happening, it looks like AIMP is still responding to the input in some way - The highlight of the currently playing song blinks when I press a media key, but it just won't change to another song or play/pause.

[Artem]

What app version?

[Lutalli]

v6.00.3067 beta 3 (03.06.2026)

As far as I remember, the bug also appeared in previous few updates.

[Artem]

Any entries in the console in this case? What is your desktop session, X11 or Wayland?

[Lutalli]

Using X11. I ran AIMP in the terminal and it doesn't look like there is anything interesting in the output. If I try to press media keys when it's buggy, there is also no new message (at all) in the terminal.

I attached the initial output after launching AIMP.

The issue occurs on different skins.

[dunny]

v6.00.3067 Beta 3
GTK3-64-bit (03.06.2026)
Linux / CachyOS rolling / KDE on WAYLAND (Plasma 6.6.5)

Same issue here on Wayland instead of X11. Below is my AIMP terminal launch output too, same as Lutalli where pressing media keys in this state doesn't post anything in terminal.

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Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.562 D/Core: v6.00.3067 Beta 3
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.568 D/Core: Linux / CachyOS rolling
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.568 D/Core: GUI: KDE on WAYLAND
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.568 D/Core: Initializing
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.587 D/Core: Initialized
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.601 D/Main: Create
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.731 D/Hotkeys:      InitXkb
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.732 D/Hotkeys:      grab 269025044, vmod: 0x0, mod: 0x0, name: XF86AudioPlay, OK
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.732 D/Hotkeys:      grab 269025045, vmod: 0x0, mod: 0x0, name: XF86AudioStop, OK
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.732 D/Hotkeys:      grab 269025047, vmod: 0x0, mod: 0x0, name: XF86AudioNext, OK
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.732 D/Hotkeys:      grab 269025046, vmod: 0x0, mod: 0x0, name: XF86AudioPrev, OK
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.774 D/Main: Init
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.774 D/CmdLine:      Execute: ""
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.880 D/Main: LoadPlugins
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.908 D/Main: LoadSettings1
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.913 D/Main: LoadSettings2
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.914 D/Main: LoadMusicLibrary
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.917 D/Main: LoadPlaylists
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.918 D/ASO:  Device.DeviceReinitialize
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.946 D/Main: InitDone
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.946 D/Main: Run
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.948 D/Main: Loaded1
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.948 D/CmdLine:      Execute: ""
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.948 D/CmdLine:      Execute: ""
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.948 D/ASO:  Player.Load(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.948 D/ASO:  Player.LoaderStarted(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.949 D/Main: Loaded2
aimp    2026.06.11 12:18:08.949 D/ASO:  Player.Loading(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:08.949 D/Main: ApplySkin(Bliss 4K.acs6)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.091 D/Main: WindowShow
aimp    2026.06.11 12:18:09.096 D/ASO:  Player.Loaded(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.111 D/ASO:  TASODeviceList.FindDeviceForPlayback - ALSA: default
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.113 D/ASO:  TASODeviceList.FindDeviceForPlayback 2 - ALSA: default
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.113 D/ASO:  Device.Opening(ALSA: default)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.114 D/ASO:  ALSA: default: open
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.114 D/ASO:  ALSA: default: buffer 9600
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.123 D/ASO:  ALSA: default: ready 5126, canPause, canResume
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.123 D/ASO:  Device.Open(ALSA: default)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.123 D/ASO:  Player.Stream.Add(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.123 D/ASO:  SoXRate: Init(44100->48000)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.123 D/ASO:  SoXR: Init(44100->48000)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.124 D/ASO:  SoXRate: Init(44100->48000)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.124 D/ASO:  Player.Stream.Ready(1)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.135 D/prvFileInfo:  LoadInfo(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.135 D/prvFileInfo:  FetchAlbumArt(/home/removed/Music/removed.flac)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.181 D/Main: WindowMapped
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.200 D/prvFileInfo:  AlbumArtReceived(True)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.266 D/Main: Loaded3
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.266 D/CmdLine:      ExecuteCore(0)
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.266 D/Core: Loaded
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.266 D/Main: Loaded4
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.266 D/MPRIS:        Connected: org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.AIMP
Main    2026.06.11 12:18:09.267 D/MPRIS:        NameOwned: org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.AIMP
Under KDE Keyboard Shortcuts settings, disabling the default 'Media Play' (under Play/Pause), 'Media Previous' and 'Media Next' shortcuts under Media Controller allows the media keys to control AIMP in this state. I'll just have to keep the default shortcuts for Play, Previous and Next disabled for now as it allows me to control AIMP in the bugged and unbugged state.

[Artem]

May be, issue is related to following topic: https://aimp.ru/forum/index.php?topic=77764.0
Please, try a nightly build with the fix.