Ubuntu
gnome-screensaver package

Change sound volume using keyboard multimedia keys while screen is locked

Bug #970517 reported by Nicholas Shatokhin on 2012-04-01

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This bug affects 17 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

If I lock screen using ctrl+L or it locked by timer, I can't using hardware buttons for changing volume. But it's not security feature, so it will be very convenient if we can change volume without necessity to unlock system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Sun Apr 1 04:32:44 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Nicholas Shatokhin (robotex) wrote on 2012-04-01:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (7.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (28.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-03-08:

#2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) on 2013-03-08

affects:	unity (Ubuntu) → gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
summary:	- I can't change sound volume using hardware laptop buttons if screen + Change sound volume using keyboard multimedia keys while screen is locked

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merlin (vitaliic) wrote on 2013-09-13:

#3

Affects me also. Please fix!

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Julian (perlsite) wrote on 2014-04-16:

#4

I have the same or similar issue:

If I set up to "Do nothing" in Power settings when I close the lid of the laptop it actually locks the screen and then I cannot use the hardware knob of my external USB DAC to increase or decrease the volume.

When I say "do nothing" it ignores the request by locking the screen. The second issue is that there is nothing wrong in using hardware buttons or the knob of external usb dac - if those (hardware) buttons/knobs are not phisically protected then I guess it is normal to be available.

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Joschi Poschi (joschiposchi) wrote on 2014-04-25:

#5

Please allow multimedia keys on the lock screen. This would add a lot more usability to Ubuntu.

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