Mute shortcut problem...

[John Hupp]

On 4/24/2014 10:48 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
> Now I made it (last message, I promis)
>
> My entry on lubuntu-rc.xml:
>
>     <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
>       <action name="Execute">
>         <command>amixer -c 1 -q sset Master toggle</command>
>       </action>
>      <action name="Execute">
> <command>amixer -c 1 -q sset Speaker unmute</command>
>      </action>
>     <action name="Execute">
> <command>amixer -c 1 -q sset Headphone unmute</command>
>       </action>
>     </keybind>
>
>
> "-c 1" is to select a diferent audio card, so I guess most people 
> won't need it. I suppose the standard is "-c 0"
>
>
> 2014-04-24 23:41 GMT-03:00 Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com 
> <mailto:israeldahl at gmail.com>>:
>
>
>     On 04/24/2014 09:34 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
>>     Actually, I found that the best command is:
>>
>>     $ amixer -c 1 -q sset Master toggle && amixer -c 1 -q sset
>>     Speaker unmute && amixer -c 1 -q sset Headphone unmute
>>
>>     I guess it will need a shell script, because I'm having problems
>>     to get all these commands to work on lubuntu-rc.xml file. && I
>>     supose are not allowed!
>>
>>
>>     2014-04-24 23:08 GMT-03:00 Andre Rodovalho
>>     <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com <mailto:andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         The problem consists on the mute shortcut, that might behave
>>         like a toggle button, but actually, only mutes, and you need
>>         to use the volume control on "tray" to unmute!
>>
>>         I have seen this problem occuring since I met Lubuntu. I
>>         don't know if this affects everyone, but lately I spent some
>>         time to figure it out. Here is where I got the "solution":
>>         http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1796713
>>
>>         What I found is that I can solve this issue changing the
>>         shortcut command on ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml
>>
>>         Original: amixer -q sset Master toggle
>>         Modified: amixer -q sset Master toggle && amixer -q sset
>>         Speaker toggle && amixer -q sset Headphone toggle
>>
>>         This makes toggle mute to work like should be...
>>
>>
>     That is fantastic!
>

I haven't tried it yet, but thank you for working up this solution!

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