[1297CTO, Conexant CX20590, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem

[fleamour]

Volume hot keys work under Xubuntu DE but not XFCE. Clicking on Sound Settings under XFCE does nothing. Sound settings seem to be missing under XFCE but working under vanilla Xubuntu DE. The slider that resides in system tray still works with mouse, however the bubble notification slider summoned with +/- hotkeys is greyed out & does not work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0344000 irq 43'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card0.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf0340000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20590'
   Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21f0,00100003'
   Controls : 8
   Simple ctrls : 5
Card29.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 1
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sat Jun 16 22:56:32 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal
Symptom_Type: Volume slider, or mixer problems
Title: [1297CTO, Conexant CX20590, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8SET32WW (1.14 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 1297CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8SET32WW(1.14):bd09/26/2011:svnLENOVO:pn1297CTO:pvrThinkPad:rvnLENOVO:rn1297CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 1297CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[fleamour (gtx-swift)]

Actually, although it goes through the motions under XFCE DE, the actual volume level does not rise & fall. The GUI will show volume increasing/decreasing but volume can only be controlled from system tray left click.

So, basically, volume hot keys do not work under XFCE or Xubuntu environment.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]