* Daniel Freer [081031 05:50 +0100]

> 
> Launching Alsamixer from the terminal allows me to control volume
> using the keyboard up/down. Using the multimedia keys still causes
> the above problem, and you can see this reflected in the graphics
> of alsamixer. Furthermore, using the mouse to slide the volume
> level up and down in gnome-volume-control eventually causes the
> left/right channels to "unlock". Weird.

So this can't be a bug in amix/alsamixer. My guess is that you use
special kernel-modules for your hp laptop to translate the keyboard
input (reported by xev) to the audio driver? 

> 
> xev hasn't been reporting any alternate key presses, and the
> multimedia keys work fine in windows and I never had this issue
> with Ubuntu.

Both isn't a guarantee that they have to work in Lenny :(

Elimar

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