Volume buttons on Laptop?

[codedmart]

Is there a way to get these working. I have a up and down and a mute one.

[count_zero]

Yeah. But sometimes it depends upon which model laptop you're using. Often times, you can just use xev to find out the keycode for the extra buttons and map it to hotkeys or a similar program. Just type "xev" into an xterm, and press some keys--you should see some output, look for the number after "keycode"--this is the key number you need. If you use KDE, you can look in the control center --> Regional & Accessibility for a hotkey program you can map these buttons to do whatever action you want (i.e., alsamixer, aumix, etc.). Else, you can emerge "hotkeys" and do the same thing in this program.

For example, I have my keys set to do these actions:
Volume up: "aumix -v +4"
Volume down: "aumix -v -4"
Mute: "mutoggle"

I'm using OSS, though, with aumix as my mixer. Alsamixer can do the same, but the commands will be different.
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[Archangel1]

Under Alsa I'm using

[GenKreton]

you can use a non-kde dependent app like hotkeys as well.

[Cagnulein]

xev doesn't show anything when i use fn+anykey in my notebook..is that right?

[count_zero]

Neither does my fn key, but mine requires a special kernel module to work. What model laptop do you use?
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"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
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[GenKreton]

My fn+anything doesn't work except a few standard keyboard commands like num lock, but the battery, wifi radio, volume ones, and the non-fn volume controls on my dell 600m do not show anything in xev, but they still work in hotkeys.

[Cagnulein]

[count_zero]

[Cagnulein]

perfect!

thanks!