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many months ago the volume buttons on my t61 laptop stopped working. (i use gdm + openbox). i think the failure started with the big gnome3 upgrade, but honestly i don't even remember anymore. weird thing is, other buttons do work (e.g. the light and the brightness control up/dn).
after converting to systemd i thought the volume ctrls might start working again, just on a lark, but no dice.
i have the following pkgs installed:
tp_smapi 0.41-11
thinkfinger 0.3-6
i didn't have tp_smapi installed back when the buttons used to work, but i thought it couldn't hurt to try installing.
all the modules are loaded and nothing seems amiss. journalctl shows nothing when the buttons are pressed. my user acct has a .Xmodmap file which has been there since 2008 and has not been touched:
keycode 234 = XF86Back
keycode 233 = XF86Forward
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
anyone know how to get the volume buttons to come alive again?
Last edited by djg1971 (2012-11-07 22:47:10)
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See 3rd example under ALSA. That's how I got my R61's built-in volume buttons working when using Openbox.
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samuvuo: thanks so much! i can't believe something actually worked. the little gui interpretation of the volume change no longer shows up, but the volume actually adjusts again.
best,
david
Last edited by djg1971 (2012-11-07 22:46:29)
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You can have notifications as well. I used libnotify + self made script first, then discovered xfce4-volumed (it's in AUR).
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