Thanks Axel for finding it! But I want to see that nice OSD to know how high the volume is so my search continued but then I found this neat shellscript: http://askubuntu.com/questions/12766/adjust-volume-via-commandline-so- that-volume-notify-pops-up
So I changed your ~/.xbindkeysrc so that it posts the volume with the nice notify-OSD also. It's an ugly hack but hey, it works =) /////////////////////////////////// gedit ~/.xbindkeysrc ///// # Increase volume #"amixer set Master playback 1+" "sh ~/.volumeHack.sh up -i 2% -m Master" m:0x0 + c:123 XF86AudioRaiseVolume # Decrease volume "sh ~/.volumeHack.sh down -i 2% -m Master" m:0x0 + c:122 XF86AudioLowerVolume # Toggle mute - this is not used here #"amixer set Master toggle" # m:0x0 + c:121 # XF86AudioMute /////////////////////////////////// gedit ~/.volumeHack.sh ////// #!/bin/sh usage="usage: $0 -c {up|down|mute} [-i increment] [-m mixer]" command= increment=5% mixer=Master while getopts i:m:h o do case "$o" in i) increment=$OPTARG;; m) mixer=$OPTARG;; h) echo "$usage"; exit 0;; ?) echo "$usage"; exit 0;; esac done shift $(($OPTIND - 1)) command=$1 if [ "$command" = "" ]; then echo "usage: $0 {up|down|mute} [increment]" exit 0; fi display_volume=0 if [ "$command" = "up" ]; then display_volume=$(amixer set $mixer $increment+ unmute | grep -m 1 "%]" | cut -d "[" -f2|cut -d "%" -f1) fi if [ "$command" = "down" ]; then display_volume=$(amixer set $mixer $increment- unmute | grep -m 1 "%]" | cut -d "[" -f2|cut -d "%" -f1) fi icon_name="" if [ "$command" = "mute" ]; then if amixer get Master | grep "\[on\]"; then display_volume=0 icon_name="notification-audio-volume-muted" amixer set $mixer mute else display_volume=$(amixer set $mixer unmute | grep -m 1 "%]" | cut -d "[" -f2|cut -d "%" -f1) fi fi if [ "$icon_name" = "" ]; then if [ "$display_volume" = "0" ]; then icon_name="notification-audio-volume-off" else if [ "$display_volume" -lt "33" ]; then icon_name="notification-audio-volume-low" else if [ "$display_volume" -lt "67" ]; then icon_name="notification-audio-volume-medium" else icon_name="notification-audio-volume-high" fi fi fi fi notify-send " " -i $icon_name -h int:value:$display_volume -h string:synchronous:volume ///////////////////// -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Ubuntu Oneric Volume Step Can Not be Changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs