Sound related hot keys not working

[Cameron Hutchison]

Daniel T. Chen wrote:

>Cameron Hutchison wrote:
>> I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 notebook with Ubuntu Dapper. I am having
>> problems getting the sound related hot keys working. I've got a whole
>> list of issues - more than seemingly possible for the number of keys :-(

>Please unload the snd_intel8x0 driver and reload it using the following
>procedure (make sure you log out of GNOME and into a text console,
>ctrl+alt+F1, first):

>$ sudo modprobe -r snd_intel8x0
>$ sudo modprobe snd_intel8x0 ac97_quirk=hp_only

Ok, that removed the Headphones control, so that there is no longer
a separate Master and Headphones control. This means that the laptop
hot keys for volume and mute will now control the sound through the
headphones.

I have added the line:
options snd-intel8x0 ac97_quirk=hp_only

to the file /etc/modprobe.d/local-laptop-volume to ensure this option
stays stuck.

Thanks for your help.