[alsa] volume keys move "Phone Out" instead of main mixer Volume.

Hello Trae,

Oh, our support is better than that. It's a BUG if they don't work out of the box as soon as you plug it in.

In this case, the WWW key should send the correct code to automatically open a web-browser anyway (but you are of course free to remap that).

In the case of the volume keys, they are working aswell and send the correct key-codes; however in the kernel/ALSA (the sound drivers) the main mixer channels are getting mis-detected. These are wired differently on each laptop and need work arounds; can you paste the dmi output shown on the bottom of:

  http://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch

so that we can identify your laptop. 'aumixer' is not actually a good tool to test this as it uses the legacy OSS interface. Could you try with 'alsamixer' and see which channel is actually your main mixer channel?

On 4/11/06, Paul Sladen <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello Trae,

Howdy Paul!

Oh, our support is better than that. It's a BUG if they don't work out of
> the box as soon as you plug it in.

Nifty to know...

In this case, the WWW key should send the correct code to automatically open
> a web-browser anyway (but you are of course free to remap that).

Yeah, it doesn't seem to open a browser, unless I've never tried it with a
browser not open. (meaning it's not opening a new window ala: -new)

In the case of the volume keys, they are working aswell and send the correct
> key-codes; however in the kernel/ALSA (the sound drivers) the main mixer
> channels are getting mis-detected. These are wired differently on each
> laptop and need work arounds; can you paste the dmi output shown on the
> bottom of:
>
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch

october@flight6:~$ sudo dmidecode -s system-manufacturer
october@flight6:~$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
october@flight6:~$ sudo dmidecode -s system-version
october@flight6:~$

Paul,

Only thing is, this is a desktop, not a laptop. :) I have recently bought a
Microsoft keyboard:

From the back of the keyboard
Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard: 1.0A
Model: 1027

From the box it came in
Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000
* High Definition Laser technology
* Magnifier
* 5 Customizable Mouse buttons
* Comfort Curve Keyboard Design (it is comfy! :)

Is there anything else I should do? Also, it'd be neat to be able to
program these buttons for things, that is for sure. Not sure I need the
zoom to magnify, but what would be cool is to have the zoom thing work as a
scroll button allowing you to scroll up and down in a browser or any window.

Thanks in advance!
Trae
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Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and feel free to submit bug reports in the future.