Dell 1520 Media Keys work with capture, not playback

[Aaron]

When using the Dell media keys on the front of the keyboard, the volume controls and mute button adjust for the capture/recording device, not the playback device.

[Sam Weston (cablespaghetti)]

This is also the case on my Dell XPS M1330. It's really annoying!

[Sam Weston (cablespaghetti)]

Sorry for the un-specificness of this reply. However I played with some settings and now it's adjusting the right slider. Maybe it was caused by my trying to make my microphone louder because I have no mic boost anymore. This bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/220787

[Michael Fletcher (mikefletcher)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKeyboardDetection as separate attachments.

Also, please run the command 'apport-collect 295815' which will attach necessary information.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.