[arch-general] special keys on latop don't work

[André Prata]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Nelson Marambio <nelsonmarambio at gmx.de>wrote:

> Hi, folks,
>
> until a few days ago running GNOME I could use the special keys on my
> laptop, e.g. for volume up/down. Now nothing happens when I press one of
> these keys. Strange enough, it seems like only the volume up/down keys have
> quit their work.
>
> Because they did their job out of the box I don't know how to re-acitivate
> them.
>
> Does anyone have a hint for me ? The keys behave this way so in GNOME but
> also in other DEs like LXDE.
>
> Kind regards,
> Nelson.
>

It happened after the last X.org update.

It should be fixed in gnome 3.6. Use testing, if you can't wait!