#1126811 lxhotkey-gtk: lxhotkey writes file with "AudioLowerVolume"/AudioRaiseVolume"/"AudioMute" but openbox expects "XF86AudioLowerVolume"/"XF86AudioRaiseVolume"/"XF86AudioMute"

Package:
lxhotkey-gtk
Source:
lxhotkey-gtk
Description:
LXHotkey keyboard shortcuts configurator (GTK+ GUI plugin)
Submitter:
Carles Pina i Estany
Date:
2026-02-02 06:01:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1126811#5
Date:
2026-02-01 21:42:46 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

TL;DR: it seems that lxhotkey-gtk (or lxhotkey-plugin-openbox, I don't know who is reponsible for this) detects/writes to the file "AudioLowerVolume"/AudioRaiseVolume"/"AudioMute" instead of "XF86AudioLowerVolume"/"XF86AudioRaiseVolume"/"XF86AudioMute".

Step by step:

I run:

$ xev

And press "VolumeDown" in my keyboard. "xev" says:
-------------
KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x9000001,
    root 0x211, subw 0x0, time 151825, (1464,409), root:(1466,432),
    state 0x0, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False
-------------

The "keycode" is XF86AudioLowerVolume. For Volume Up I get XF86AudioRaiseVolume and for the mute button I have XF86AudioMute.

Note that I have a Lenovo and I do Fn+F1 (mute), Fn+F2 (Down), Fn+F3 (Up) with the Fn key enabled. I don't think that the model or combination really matters as long as "xev" is reporting the XF86AudioLowerVolume, XF86AudioRaiseVolume and XF86AudioMute.

On the other hand, in lxhotkey, I try to add a new Action or Program. In the "Hotkey 1" I press "VolumeDown" in my it shows "AudioLowerVolume". I finish my configuration, Save+Apply, etc. and it never works.

If I edit the file ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml I can see that lxhotkey did:
-------------
        <keybind key='VolumeDown'>
            <action name='Execute'>
                <command>/home/carles/bin/volume-down.sh</command>
            </action>
        </keybind>
-------------

If I change the "key" in the lxde-rc.xml file from "VolumeDown" to "XF86AudioLowerVolume" and then I do:

$ openbox --restart

it works correctly.

Note that I don't know if this should be dealt better by lxhotkey-gtk, lxhotkey-plugin-openbox or openbox itself should be reading the file differently.

Cheers,

Carles
#1126811#10
Date:
2026-02-02 05:59:44 UTC
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To:
I'd like to confirm that doing the same with the versions from sid:

openbox version: 3.6.1-12-b4
lxhotkey-core, lxhotkey-gtk and lxhotkey-plugin-openbox
version: 0.1.2-1+b1
lxhotkey-data version: 0.1.2-1

I get the same results (no working)

Thank you very much!