Mute shortcut problem...

[Andre Rodovalho]

See, on this link, there is screenshots of the process I'm describing for
you guys...

http://kurtis319.blogspot.com.br/2013/01/sound-on-aspire-one-725-and-ubuntu-1210.html


2014-04-25 12:53 GMT-03:00 Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>:

> To see the controls of your audio card you can use *alsamixer*. Just call
> it on *lxterminal* and select the one you might want to test with F6
> key... On the F6 "selection window" you will see an ID for each audio card
> followed by it's description...
>
> On another lxterminal window you can try those commands and test it out,
> to see how does it change on alsamixer view!
>
>
> 2014-04-25 12:47 GMT-03:00 Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>:
>
> The shorcut file is ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.*xml*
>> or */home/USER_DIR/openbox/*lubuntu-rc.*xml*
>>
>> It is not possible to use the ' character. You will get an error message
>> if you do. I tried:
>>
>> uxterm -e 'amixer -c 1 -q sset Master toggle && amixer -c 1 -q sset
>> Speaker unmute && amixer -c 1 -q sset Headphone unmute'
>>
>> But this returns the error message, just file the && did. The problem is
>> you can't put those characters there, I guess it's a fault on the openbox
>> xml processor.
>>
>> You can try your changes by the command:
>>
>> $ *openbox --restart*
>>
>> When you do, you can get the shortcuts to work without restarting the
>> system!
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-25 10:56 GMT-03:00 John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com>:
>>
>>  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>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>   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>:
>>>>
>>>>>  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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