On my Thinkpad T41 with Mint 6, the volume up/down/mute worked with an on screen display and was synchronized with the volume control applet. You could always determine the volume level with the applet.
When I installed Mint 7, the buttons still control the volume, but there is no on screen display to show where the volume is set. The sync with the volume applet is broken as well. There is no way to see the current volume level.
I have tried all sorts of things from the Ubuntu and Mint forums without success. It appears that ACPI events (as seen by acpi_listen) are being generated for only some of the Thinkpad keys.
Jaunty shows this same behavior.
Any ideas or should this be submitted as a bug report?
Thanks
Thinkpad volume buttons broken in Mint 7
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Thinkpad volume buttons broken in Mint 7
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Re: Thinkpad volume buttons broken in Mint 7
Seems this is a problem many people are having in Jaunty.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/364127
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/364127
Re: Thinkpad volume buttons broken in Mint 7
Thanks, the bug report led me to a work-around that allows the volume buttons to function. They double step, but at least they work. Here is the recipe and links to the files it uses:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 7_i386.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb
remove hotkey-setup
remove acpi-support
install hotkey-setup_0.1-23ubuntu7_i386.deb
install acpi-support_0.114-0intrepid2_i386.deb
lock the version for each of these
mint update will still try to update to the latest versions - don't let it
I have not seen any problems so far...
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 7_i386.deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb
remove hotkey-setup
remove acpi-support
install hotkey-setup_0.1-23ubuntu7_i386.deb
install acpi-support_0.114-0intrepid2_i386.deb
lock the version for each of these
mint update will still try to update to the latest versions - don't let it
I have not seen any problems so far...
Re: Thinkpad volume buttons broken in Mint 7
Same problem here. ThinkPad x41, Linux Mint 7.
Found this tip in a forum somwhere. It worked for me. Don't ask why
If is works, you can put the line in /etc/rc.local
Found this tip in a forum somwhere. It worked for me. Don't ask why
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echo enable,0x00ffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
Re: Thinkpad volume buttons broken in Mint 7
Volume buttons on keyboard were not working in Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon with IBM T60
As above to test ( login as root )
typed
this worked ... so
(exit su - )
then added
after reboot volume and all other hotkeys keys work
As above to test
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su -
typed
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echo enable,0x00ffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
(exit su - )
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sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
then added
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echo enable,0x00ffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey