[Bug 62897] [edgy regression] volume up/down/mute keys no longer work on g4-based mac mini

[Michael R. Head]

Public bug reported:

The volume buttons on my (remote) keyboard no longer work properly in
Edgy. I've got a g4-based Mac Mini, and I'm using its built-in PCM
device. There is only one software volume control in  gnome-volume-
control and alsamixer, and it's named "PCM". Of course, using this
control works perfectly.

The problem comes when I attempt to use the volume keys on my keyboard.
What happens is that the mini on-screen control pops up, but the speaker
icon has a red cancel icon on it. Presumably, it can't find the "Main"
control channel? Anyway, that's the only effect I see when I press those
buttons. The volume level itself doesn't change.

Here is the driver load info:
burner at flambe:~$ dmesg |grep -2 snd
[   65.186289] eth1: Found BCM5221 PHY
[   67.585395] eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full-duplex.
[   69.118887] snd-aoa-fabric-layout: found bus with layout 58
[   69.118898] snd-aoa-fabric-layout: Using direct GPIOs
[   69.270847] snd-aoa-fabric-layout: can use this codec
[   69.546854] apm_emu: APM Emulation 0.5 initialized.
[   70.050055] SCSI subsystem initialized
[   70.064533] ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io=1)
[   70.064543] ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better performance
[   70.118986] snd-powermac no longer handles any machines with a layout-id property in the device-tree, use snd-aoa.
[   70.477490] Adding 1508984k swap on /dev/disk/by-uuid/a0df8e2c-d9a6-4dc0-96ff-3fb7d05b7068.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1508984k
[   70.655102] EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal


PS, I'm not sure if gnome-media's the right place at which to submit this bug, but hopefully this can be redirected if needed.

** Affects: gnome-media (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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[edgy regression] volume up/down/mute keys no longer work on g4-based mac mini
https://launchpad.net/bugs/62897