Multimedia keys are not working at all

CA.RIA · 06-08-2017, 05:57 AM

Hello to all members!

I have Lenovo Y510p. Volume keys are not working, but brightness keys are working.
Which informations I need further to povide, so you can help me ?
Thank you.

wagscat123 · 06-08-2017, 08:17 PM

Hrm what distro, distro version, and architecture are you running?

CA.RIA · 06-09-2017, 11:31 AM

I have been using Fedora 25.

Code:

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 755M] (rev a1)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4)

wagscat123 · 06-13-2017, 11:09 AM

Sorry about the slow response. Life struck me harder than I thought it would last week.

After some research, the most likely path of least resistance would be to set up keyboard shortcuts within your desktop environment. In GNOME, it's https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-h...ts-set.html.en, although the directions will vary if you're using another Fedora spin.

CA.RIA · 06-13-2017, 11:10 AM

I have been using XFCE.

wagscat123 · 06-13-2017, 11:26 AM

Go to Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts and give the following commands keyboard shortcuts:

Code:

amixer set Master 5%+
amixer set Master 5%-
amixer set Master toggle

Saw here https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=5563 a quicker solution may be installing xfce4-volumed as that package should automatically handle volume key bindings.

Doug G · 06-13-2017, 12:14 PM

Just for info, I have a lenovo y70 touchscreen laptop with fedora 25 xfce. All I can say is the volume keys on the keyboard work. I have to hold down the Fn key while using the volume keys (left and right arrow on my keyboard).

CA.RIA · 06-13-2017, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wagscat123

Go to Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts and give the following commands keyboard shortcuts:

Code:

amixer set Master 5%+
amixer set Master 5%-
amixer set Master toggle

Saw here https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=5563 a quicker solution may be installing xfce4-volumed as that package should automatically handle volume key bindings.

Unfortunately, none of the solutions worked.
I think that Linux is messing up things with two audio cards.
I can see "two" cards with alsamixer.
Usually I select proper card in Linux MATE, but I don't know how to do that in XFCE.
Selecting proper card in terminal, throught alsamixer, wont't work.

wagscat123 · 06-13-2017, 08:45 PM

You can't select Audio Cards in the XFCE Settings -> Audio Mixer? At least in openSUSE's XFCE (which shouldn't be different) I can

CA.RIA · 06-14-2017, 08:22 AM

Looks like there is no option "Audio mixer".