[SOLVED] Weird keyboard volume (multimedia keys) problem

[mint_guy]

Hey guys,

Was trying out Mint 13 Mate, now main desktop, love it (audio keys work in Mate, but not next, previous and pause/play keys using amarok but they work in Lxde). Thought I would try the new lxde as well, so installed it side by side, a very minimal install. But I have problems using the volume up/down/mute buttons, even the calculator button on the keyboard. On my Logitech Dinovo keyboard, laptop type one.

I had a look at the lxde-rc.xml file. Found the commands and tried them in a terminal they work. amixer ones.

Then I loaded xev to see if the commands were recognised as standard buttons and they were.

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KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x1ad, subw 0x0, time 2739198, (693,581), root:(1585,604),
    state 0x0, keycode 121 (keysym 0x1008ff12, XF86AudioMute), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x1ad, subw 0x0, time 2739258, (693,581), root:(1585,604),
    state 0x0, keycode 121 (keysym 0x1008ff12, XF86AudioMute), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x1ad, subw 0x0, time 2740951, (693,581), root:(1585,604),
    state 0x0, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x1ad, subw 0x0, time 2741030, (693,581), root:(1585,604),
    state 0x0, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x1ad, subw 0x0, time 2741832, (693,581), root:(1585,604),
    state 0x0, keycode 123 (keysym 0x1008ff13, XF86AudioRaiseVolume), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x4a00001,
    root 0x1ad, subw 0x0, time 2741912, (693,581), root:(1585,604),
    state 0x0, keycode 123 (keysym 0x1008ff13, XF86AudioRaiseVolume), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

So something is really wrong this should work. I remember installing Lubuntu 12.04 and the keys worked in that so what is happening I wonder ?

Thanks for looking

[mint_guy]

Found out that Mate's volume control wasn't working either. So I rebooted and checked Mates was working. then login to Lxde, it works

Awesome.