Public bug reported:
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.1 with all updates (up to a week ago) on a
ASUS Zenbook UX21A. My X server is /usr/bin/Xorg in package xserver-
xorg-core version 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.8. Running “Xorg -version” reports
“X.Org X Server 1.11.3” and “Release Date: 2011-12-16”. The problem
might actually be in one of the X server's many plugin modules, which
are in different packages.
If I use gsettings or dconf-editor to change the keys click and
click_volume in the schema org.gnome.settings-
daemon.peripherals.keyboard, then gnome-settings-daemon correctly tells
the X server to turn on key clicks, which can be confirmed by running
“xset q”. I can also achieve this result by running “xset c
100”[footnote 1].
Regardless of how I tell the X server to turn on audible key click
sounds, no sound results. I have turned up the sound volume to maximum
using the sound indicator menu on the top panel. Other programs have no
trouble producing sound.
To reproduce this problem:
1. Run these commands:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.keyboard click true
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.keyboard click-volume
100
Alternatively, run this command:
xset c 100
2. Type something.
3. Notice there is no sound coming from the computer for each key press.
(The keys themselves might make some noise, but some keyboards are
nearly silent.)
This problem is important for me because I have vision difficulty and
have trouble seeing whether what I have typed has shown up. I can't
tell from my keyboard whether my keypress has registered; my keyboard
sounds pretty much the same on the keypresses that succeed and those
that do not. The problem is more serious when using programs that rely
on keyboard commands, where some commands have an effect that can not be
immediately seen.
Some people have suggested that the problem might be in the connection
(or lack thereof) between the X server and PulseAudio:
http://superuser.com/questions/77952/is-there-a-linux-program-to-make-
my-keys-clicky
I have tried using keymon and screenkey to solve my problem by giving a
visual indication of what keys have been pressed, but I have not yet
been able to make either one work the way I need and in any case they
are visual-only and do not produce key clicks. I haven't gotten any
useful output at all from screenkey and the output from keymon does not
show what I need.
Can you please help get audible keypress notification working again? It
used to work.
[footnote 1] Using “xset c 100” might be undone by gnome-settings-daemon
the next time any of 4 different settings are adjusted. You can see
this in the function apply_settings in gnome-settings-
daemon-3.4.2/plugins/keyboard/gsd-keyboard-manager.c, where a single
call to XChangeKeyboardControl updates 4 different settings.
** Affects: conspy (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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“xset c 100” does not cause audible key clicks
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