Bug 651051 – Implement support for microphone mute key

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Bug 651051 - Implement support for microphone mute key


Summary:	Implement support for microphone mute key


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	gnome-settings-daemon
Classification:	Core
Component:	media-keys
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gnome-settings-daemon-maint
QA Contact:	gnome-settings-daemon-maint

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Reported:	2011-05-25 11:01 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified:	2013-01-13 00:31 UTC

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Description Bastien Nocera 2011-05-25 11:01:36 UTC

As available on Thinkpads:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/813432/

Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2011-05-27 16:59:56 UTC

KEY_MICMUTE is currently out of the range of things X listens to, so no X keysym for now.

Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2012-08-29 15:56:05 UTC

xkeyboard-config patch:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-devel/2012-August/033442.html
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54171

udev patch:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/26584

An example of how it was done in Ubuntu:
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jm-leddy/ubuntu/quantal/gnome-settings-daemon/micmute/view/head:/debian/patches/micmute.patch

Comment 3 James M. Leddy 2012-08-29 19:30:07 UTC

Here's the patch that adds libnotify, in case you want to see what needs to be undone.

Comment 4 James M. Leddy 2012-08-29 19:34:12 UTC

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jm-leddy/ubuntu/quantal/gnome-settings-daemon/micmute/view/head:/debian/patches/16_use_synchronous_notifications.patch

Comment 5 Bastien Nocera 2013-01-13 00:31:51 UTC

Fixed with my own code. I've added support for microphone to the OSD instead.