On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 01:10:25AM -0400, Sandrine Duvalier wrote: > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Alexandre Ratchov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The volume keys always control the mixer of the first audio device, > > this can't be changed without modifying the kernel. > > > > If X is running, volume keys are additionaly exposed as X keys, and > > programs may use them to tweak the mixer in a contradictory way, > > and possibly mess it. I'd recommend to unmap them in X until this > > bug is fixed. > > > > What exactly is considered a bug here? The fact that the volume keys used > by the kernel cannot be changed or that the mixer control by the kernel > cannot be turned off?
The bug is that the key is processed twice in two contradictory ways (once by the kernel to control the mixer and once by X apps to possibly control the mixer differently). When X is running either the kernel or X apps should use the volume keys to adjust the volume, but not both.
