Keyboard breaks after changing volume with keys

[faint turret]

Usually, I change my volume using my keyboard, but after updating to kernel 6.8.0-57 it nows doesn't work anymore after doing this (aside from the mute volume key) unless I restart my session

After that the volume control keys still don't work though

I'm using mint 22.1 xfce

[crude sapphire]

you could rollback to the previous working kernel version at boot time.

then if all works good, delete the bad kernel, and don't approve any updates on it for a good long time. (a year or so, if not more) Unless there's serious news of major, major vulnerability otherwise

see #1299162744838160434 message

[faint turret]

I decided to turn on the sound notification setting and it turns out for some reason it's just stuck as if I'm always holding the volume key

[crude sapphire]

advice still stands as stated

[faint turret]

Problem is, even after downgrading back to 6.8.0-51 it's still causing the same issue

[crude sapphire]

do uname -r right now. what does it say?

@faint turret

[faint turret]

6.8.0-51-generic

[crude sapphire]

show what u meant by the sound notifcation thing

what u could also try is reverting back the desktop.

maybe some other update F'd you up hard

install Synaptic package manager.

then go "File menu> history"

in it and see.

can also search xfce4 desktop in it, and select, go to Package menu: force version, and pick a slightly older one.

[faint turret]

Sorry for the wait, basically even after just tapping once the fn key to lower the volume it goes down all the way and stays stuck like this

Same happens with volume up

[crude sapphire]

oh .

did u mess with the default shortcut?

and does it animate as in sliding to minimum/maximum, or does it suddenly shoot instantly to min/max?

@faint turret

[faint turret]

it goes a little and pauses for a very short time before going all the way down

[faint turret]

No

[crude sapphire]

maybe the keys are stuck?

what happens when you roll up/down the mouse wheel over the volume icon in tray?

[faint turret]

It changes volume just fine

[crude sapphire]

ok see if u can find the volume keyboard shortcuts in xfce

i'll give u a new set of commands to try in place of

[faint turret]

I tested them, they don't seem to be

[crude sapphire]

so media volume up / down keys NEEDS to use Fn+ or no?

[faint turret]

Yeah, I'm using fn + f7 for volume down and fn +f8 for volume up

[crude sapphire]

ok

open text editor or even start menu search bar and press and hold c

does it repeat EXTREMELY fast?

cuz maybe ur repeat rate got messed up

[faint turret]

It seems to be normal

[crude sapphire]

and when u do fn+F7 (one short press) it shoots far up?

[faint turret]

Yeah, same with fn+f8

[crude sapphire]

Up:
amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+

Down:
amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%-

try those commands for the keyboard shortcuts

[faint turret]

They don't seem to work

[crude sapphire]

try custom shortcuts with those commands

for example ctrl-alt-7 and ctrl-alt-8

in the number row for numbers

just to see if works

[faint turret]

Tried that, still doesn't work

[crude sapphire]

alternate solution:

Change volume with media volume keys

1. Make two scripts first:
   "Volume_up.sh" script which contains:

amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+
exit```

"Volume_down.sh" script which contains:

```#!/bin/bash
amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%-
exit```

2. Mark both scripts executable in their file permissions via file Properties window, then move them to /usr/local/bin/

3. edit the default volume shortcuts, and change to:

/usr/local/bin/Volume_up.sh  >> Volume up Media Key 
/usr/local/bin/Volume_down.sh  >> Volume down MediaKey

open root-mode file manager to move them to /usr/local/bin

[faint turret]

set it up like this, somehow still doesn't work

[crude sapphire]

are each sh marked executable?

u can double click each to see if raises sound

[faint turret]

they both are

[crude sapphire]

well if those command dont work, idk

play some music

and try running the amixer command as written, directly in terminal, and see if it affects the sound volume

can even do 40 percent

[faint turret]

The command is broken somehow

I'll send what it returns

amixer: Mixer attach pulse error: No such file or directory

[crude sapphire]

ohh right. this version of Mint uses Pipewire

instead of pulseaudio

[crude sapphire]

try replacing the term pulse with pipewire

test run in terminal, manually as u previously attempted

[faint turret]

That worked

[crude sapphire]

just edit the scripts then

[faint turret]

Now the shortcuts are working perfectly

[crude sapphire]

do u get a visual animation too or no?

[faint turret]

Yeah

[crude sapphire]

and it visually steps accurately?

[faint turret]

Works just fine

[crude sapphire]

koo. so now put shortcuts onto media keys, instead of the ctrl-alt-7 ones

[faint turret]

Tried to set it using fn lock but the shortcut doesn't go past the select key screen since it just acts like it's being constantly held down

[crude sapphire]

do it manually, no lock

[faint turret]

If I hold down fn and press f7 it just doesn't register

I tried testing the other fn keys

The brightness one for example doesn't have the same issue where it's completely stuck but it's still a bit janky

[crude sapphire]

mkay

well that's unfortunate

i guess assign whatever works that u find easy

maybe use ctrl instead of fn

[faint turret]

Really strange issue though

I did try arch for a bit and it didn't have this problem

[crude sapphire]

was it xfce too?

for proper comparison

[faint turret]

Yes

Pipewire also

But considering how it's still glitched with the shortcut, it's probably not a sound driver issue

I tried disabling key repetition to see what it would do, the volume didn't shoot up or down, but it still glitched the keyboard

[crude sapphire]

hmm. Did you say the ctrl-alt-F7&F8 thing worked "just fine" ?

[faint turret]

Yeah

[crude sapphire]

[faint turret]

Guess I'll just use that shortcut instead

[crude sapphire]

or just ctrl-F7 etc

one less key to press

[faint turret]

Tried to check using the live environment if it could've been some update that screwed it up, apparently not

Guess I'll just use this shortcut though, thanks for helping

[crude sapphire]

hmm . ok yw

[faint turret]

I think I can update the kernel though right?

[crude sapphire]

yes