I can mute using keyboard shortcut but not unmute on Opensuse 11.2

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Hi,

I recently installed Opensuse 11.2 on my Acer 3680 laptop. One problem I have notice is that while I can mute my volume control using the keyboard shortcuts, I cannot unmute it using the keyboard short cut. When I press the keyboard shortcut, which is maped to XF86audiomute, it display the popup indicating that the control is unmute, the control is not really unmute. I can unmute it by using the volumen control in the system tray.

I am puzzled, this did not happen under Fedora 12 nor Linux Mint 8 / Ubuntu 9.10. What could be the cause of the issue and what can I do to locate the source of the problem?

Thanks.

Paul

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Actually, the title should read I can’t unmute.

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The problem has been resolved by the Novell. Apparently, this sort of mute behavior is how Thinkpad does it. To resolve do the following

  1. Run Gnome Configuration Editor.
  2. Go to /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/
  3. Set toggle_mute to true (default is false)

After this, pressing the unmute button will unmute the volume.