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[STICKY] Fix sound and volume control on Acer/Asus netbook

Yorko

Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:41:52 pm

Hello,

I had a problem on my netbook Acer Aspire One 722 with no sound and no volume control by keyboard shortcut (Fn + Vol Up / Fn + Vol Down / Fn + Mute). The problem was only on Zorin OS Lite version.

If you don't have a sound and frontend volume control, try this in terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-all faac flac paman


Okey, we have a volume control on desktop but we still can't change volume by fn keys. Let's fix this.
1. Open the file:
Code:
leafpad ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml

2. Find "Keybinding for Volume management" section.
3. Copy and paste this:
Code:
<keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<command>amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%+ unmute</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<command>amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 3%- unmute</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
<action name="Execute">
<command>amixer -q -D pulse sset Master toggle</command>
</action>
</keybind>

4. Save file.
5. Run in terminal:
Code:
openbox --reconfigure


That's all ;]

Swarfendor437

Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:58:58 pm

Great job Yorko! 60 blue jewels for a great tutorial! :D