Volume HotKey shows OSD, doesn't change mixer level

[psmallcastle72]

Binary package hint: hotkey-setup

This morning I initiated an upgrade via Synaptic and after the hotkey-setup had been upgraded to version 0.1-23ubuntu6, the volume hotkeys on my Sony Vaio VGN-A71M quit working. Actually, the graphical overlay (volume) still works but apparently with no direct effect on sound hardware.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64

[Nikolaus Filus (nfilus)]

Please check the tips and tricks described on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Is this issue still present for you in Ubuntu 9.10?

Since you mention that the on-screen display still works, this is unlikely to be a hotkey problem; it's probably a problem of the volume controls being mapped to the wrong mixer by default. Reassigning to pulseaudio.