I recently switched to KDE, and everthing is working fine except for the volume buttons, mute, ffw/rw, and pause/play keys. They're on the function keys, and normally you have to hold down another "fn" key at the bottom to use the function key. Thesee keys are the only way to control volume and mute. I am running Kubuntu 11.10 64bit.
My laptop's media keys (volume up/down/mute) are detected via xev and showkey. I can go into System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts and set the volume controls with the media keys. However when I try to use the keys they do not function properly.
I tried setting the keys and rebooting the system but that hasn't worked. Any ideas?
System Info:
Dell Latitude E6500
Ubuntu 12.04.1
My laptop's media keys (volume up/down/mute) are detected via `xev` and `showkey`. I can go into System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts and set the volume controls with the media keys. However when I try to use the keys they do not function properly.
I tried setting the keys and rebooting the system but that hasn't worked. Any ideas?
System Info:Dell Latitude E6500
Ubuntu 12.04.1
Hi Everyone,
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