[CentOS] Volume keys don't work

Sat Apr 17 18:01:06 UTC 2010
Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>

At Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:51:27 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:36 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A side effect that I just noticed is that the volume up/down controls
> > keys no longer seem to function at all.
> >
> > I reset the keyboard shortcuts to use them, but even with the whole
> > volume control panel enabled, they don't do a thing.
> >
> > What did I break?  I don't remember seeing this one before....
> >
> 
> Update:  Just for the heck of it, I set the volume controls to use the
> "skip track" back (|<<) and forward (>>|) keys instead.  These work.
> When I changed them back to the volume down and up keys, they failed.
> 
> Now I'm completely baffled - the keyboard shortcut applet recognizes
> the volume control keys, but they don't work, but the mute key works,
> and the track back and forward buttons function for the volume???
> 
> Anyone?

Fire up xev and tell us what is displayed when you push these various keys.

> 
> TIA.
> 
> mhr
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