L0ss of intensity control and volume control

Ralphc · 03-15-2017, 03:16 PM

After the latest couple of updates for Limnux Mint Quiara, I now have no control over display intensity from the "F" keys and no control over audio volume lower/higher/mute using "F" keys. Not sure how to go about restoring these options which are handy. No error messages are displayed.This is on an HP laptop.Pavilion DM4.

ondoho · 03-15-2017, 03:26 PM

not sure what "intensity" is, but...

your Desktop Environment probably has a hotkey management application; go there and configure the keys in question to do what you want.

example:
- open terminal, enter 'xev' and press the key you want to raise volume
- tell the hotkey app to assign the command 'amixer sset PCM,0 2+' to that key

etc.

Ralphc · 03-16-2017, 03:29 PM

Thanks OnDoHo: By intensity control I meant brightness. Working with electronic oscilloscopes we frequently used one term as a synonym for the other. Anyway use of tghe terminal command XEV worked like a charm.
Thanks