xfce4-volumed does not recognice volume up/down keys on Acer Aspire One 722

[Jaime Alberto Silva]

On a fresh install of Xubuntu on an Acer Aspire One 722 the volume up/down keys do not work on XFCE4, however the mute/unmute key works.

After googling I found you must run this command:

$ xfconf-query -c xfce4-mixer -p /active-card -s `xfconf-query -c xfce4-mixer -p /sound-card`

In order to get xfce4-volumed working fine with pulseaudio (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce#Xfce4-volumed).

After running that command the volume up/down keys are working fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xfce4-volumed 0.1.13-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 19 13:04:21 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120228)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-volumed
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jaime Alberto Silva (jaimealbertosilva)]

First, you must start xfce4-mixer (Apps->Multimedia-Mixer) and select the "Analog Stereo" (no HDMI) card in order to have a /sound-card pararameter on xfce4-mixer settings and therefore for the `xfconf-query -c xfce4-mixer -p /sound-card` command to work

[Nguyen Anh Minh (minhna)]

It helped me. Thank you very much.

[Migo Mueller (migo-mueller)]

Also affects me on a HP mini 210 running Precise Pangolin Xubuntu. Interestingly, only one out of two users on this machine is affected by the bug. So, it must be some per-user setting.
For the affected user, sound works fine until muted using the FN key. Unmuting using the key won't bring the sound back.
Running the xfconf-query (...) command as referenced above brings the sound back on. Muting and unmuting works. However, the mixer applet no longer reflects the mute/unmute status.

Hope this helps!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Migo Mueller (migo-mueller)]

Marked this as duplicate of #883485. It's the first time I'm doing this type of thing (I'm new to launchpad), so I hope I got it right.