2:10 p.m.
Running F23, mate desktop and compiz.
Each time I login the three volume keys on my
keyboard cause no action. If I go into the
program "/usr/bin/mate-keyboard-properties"
either as a CLI or the System->Preferences menu
and immediately exit the keys work as expected.
Can anyone suggest a way to activate the volume
keys automatically on login?
Thanks,
Jon
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2:44 p.m.
On 05/27/2016 12:10 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
Running F23, mate desktop and compiz.
Each time I login the three volume keys on my
keyboard cause no action. If I go into the
program "/usr/bin/mate-keyboard-properties"
either as a CLI or the System->Preferences menu
and immediately exit the keys work as expected.
Can anyone suggest a way to activate the volume
keys automatically on login?
I use Xfce so this may not apply, but have you saved your session?
I'm not sure about Mate, but IIRC, by default session info isn't saved
under Xfce unless you go into "Applications->Settings->Session and
Startup" and tick the "Save Session on Logout" box in the
"General" tab
and either log out or go to the "Session" tab and click the "Save
Session" button (which I generally do any time I change stuff here).
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2:53 p.m.
On 05/27/2016 12:44 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
I use Xfce so this may not apply, but have you saved your session?
I'm not sure about Mate, but IIRC, by default session info isn't saved
under Xfce unless you go into "Applications->Settings->Session and
Startup" and tick the "Save Session on Logout" box in the
"General" tab
and either log out or go to the "Session" tab and click the "Save
Session" button (which I generally do any time I change stuff here).
I also use Xfce. When you log out or restart, you're asked if you want
to save your session and, IIRC, it starts out checked. Mostly I leave
it unchecked so that each session starts the way I expect it to, but if
I've made a change that I want to be sure gets kept, I'll check it, log
out and back in. Still, it's quite possible that Mate is discarding
changes at the end of the session and it's a Good Idea to check.
3:01 p.m.
On 05/27/2016 12:53 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 05/27/2016 12:44 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> I use Xfce so this may not apply, but have you saved your session?
>
> I'm not sure about Mate, but IIRC, by default session info isn't saved
> under Xfce unless you go into "Applications->Settings->Session and
> Startup" and tick the "Save Session on Logout" box in the
"General" tab
> and either log out or go to the "Session" tab and click the "Save
> Session" button (which I generally do any time I change stuff here).
I also use Xfce. When you log out or restart, you're asked if you want
to save your session and, IIRC, it starts out checked.
That's if the "Prompt on logout" checkbox is ticked. To be honest, it's
been a LONG time since I did a fresh install of Xfce (my machines have
been updated out the wazoo), and I always have a backup of my home
directory so I can restore my stuff if things get ugly. As a result, I
don't recall how it looks by default.
Mostly I
leave
it unchecked so that each session starts the way I expect it to, but if
I've made a change that I want to be sure gets kept, I'll check it, log
out and back in.
I want things to appear the way they were when last I logged in, so I
have both the "Prompt on logout" and "Automatically save session on
logout" ticked. Belt and braces!
Still, it's quite possible that Mate is
discarding
changes at the end of the session and it's a Good Idea to check.
Amen, bruddah!
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3:49 p.m.
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 12:44:09PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 05/27/2016 12:10 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> Running F23, mate desktop and compiz.
>
> Each time I login the three volume keys on my
> keyboard cause no action. If I go into the
> program "/usr/bin/mate-keyboard-properties"
> either as a CLI or the System->Preferences menu
> and immediately exit the keys work as expected.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to activate the volume
> keys automatically on login?
I use Xfce so this may not apply, but have you saved your session?
I'm not sure about Mate, but IIRC, by default session info isn't saved
under Xfce unless you go into "Applications->Settings->Session and
Startup" and tick the "Save Session on Logout" box in the
"General" tab
and either log out or go to the "Session" tab and click the "Save
Session" button (which I generally do any time I change stuff here).
Mate has that also. Typically I leave it set to not automatically
save. Then when I want to change my starting session I set things
up the way I like, turn the setting on and logout. Next login,
(i.e. immediately) I turn it off again.
I've saved a session with the keys functioning but it had no effect
on them next login, they were off.
Jon
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3:52 p.m.
On 05/27/2016 01:49 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
I've saved a session with the keys functioning but it had no
effect
on them next login, they were off.
Thank you; at least we've eliminated one possible answer. As I told a
caller once when I was doing tech support, "Much of trouble shooting is
going down one blind alley after another until one of them isn't."
4:30 p.m.
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 01:52:28PM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 05/27/2016 01:49 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> I've saved a session with the keys functioning but it had no effect
> on them next login, they were off.
Thank you; at least we've eliminated one possible answer. As I told a
caller once when I was doing tech support, "Much of trouble shooting is
going down one blind alley after another until one of them isn't."
One other bit; I'm using a Logitech wireless keyboard, model K800.
It shares the "Unifying" usb-receiver with my mouse.
Mate's keyboard properties dialog shows many Logitech models but
not the K800. I've set the model type to generic "Logitech Cordless".
Jon
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5:42 p.m.
On 05/27/2016 02:30 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 01:52:28PM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 05/27/2016 01:49 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>> I've saved a session with the keys functioning but it had no effect
>> on them next login, they were off.
>
> Thank you; at least we've eliminated one possible answer. As I told a
> caller once when I was doing tech support, "Much of trouble shooting is
> going down one blind alley after another until one of them isn't."
One other bit; I'm using a Logitech wireless keyboard, model K800.
It shares the "Unifying" usb-receiver with my mouse.
Mate's keyboard properties dialog shows many Logitech models but
not the K800. I've set the model type to generic "Logitech Cordless".
Sounds like the keyboard shortcuts aren't being saved. You could post
a question on the Mate message board:
http://forums.mate-desktop.org/
or join the #mate channel on irc.freenode.net and ask there. They
might be able to help.
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12:57 a.m.
On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 15:10 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
Running F23, mate desktop and compiz.
Each time I login the three volume keys on my
keyboard cause no action. If I go into the
program "/usr/bin/mate-keyboard-properties"
either as a CLI or the System->Preferences menu
and immediately exit the keys work as expected.
Going off from a related tangent from other suggestions, have a look at
your session preferences for startup programs - the ones that are
automatically fired off when you login (generally system things, rather
than applications that you've used).
On my older-than-yours installation using Mate, one of them is the MATE
Settings Daemon. That sounds a prime candidate for your issue. Check
that it is ticked. Or even try the Windows toggle off-back-on-again
trick.
While you're in there, you may find a bunch of things that auto start
that you don't use. You can switch them off for less things to wait for
when you log-in.
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11:17 p.m.
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 03:27:27PM +0930, Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 15:10 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> Running F23, mate desktop and compiz.
>
> Each time I login the three volume keys on my
> keyboard cause no action. If I go into the
> program "/usr/bin/mate-keyboard-properties"
> either as a CLI or the System->Preferences menu
> and immediately exit the keys work as expected.
Going off from a related tangent from other suggestions, have a look at
your session preferences for startup programs - the ones that are
automatically fired off when you login (generally system things, rather
than applications that you've used).
On my older-than-yours installation using Mate, one of them is the MATE
Settings Daemon. That sounds a prime candidate for your issue. Check
that it is ticked. Or even try the Windows toggle off-back-on-again
trick.
Thanks Tim, that seems to have done the job.
I checked and in my current session mate-settings-daemon was running.
But it was not checked as an auto-startup program. Probably something
else caused it to run, perhaps my launching the keyboard properties
program.
Anyway, I checked it to run at startup and the volume keys were
active without my taking any action.
While you're in there, you may find a bunch of things that auto start
that you don't use. You can switch them off for less things to wait for
when you log-in.
I keep it pretty tight already. That is probably why the settings-daemon
was not checked.
Thanks again,
Jon
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