Bug: Volume controls on keyboard dont work in-game or in big picture mode

[ZeeSvk]

GA 990FXA-UD3
8 GB of RAM
Asus Radeon HD 7800
Razor Lycosa keyboard.

I use Headphones without volume control so i have to use the volume controls on the keyboard itself. So when I am in SteamOS .

I noticed that the Volume buttons on my keyboard dont work in Big Picture mode or In a game, however they do work in the GNOME desktop.

Hope this is fixed cause sometimes the sound can be very quiet and sometimes very loud.

[Balderick]

+1
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/146

With the addition of Music keyboard shortcuts assigned to controller buttons have been updated by Valve for steam@steamos BPM

IDNK if there has been shortcuts made for controller/keyboard volume control and/or if they are just not working due to pulseaudio configuration.

It should be possible to map keys and keyboard shortcuts to you're liking using xev and xmodmap or if you can confirm already assigned key/s make a configuration file for xboxdrv for controller in BPM.
Alternatively jstest-gtk may be an option for mapping media buttons to controller buttons/axis's.

[Christen]

Thanks for the feedback

[Mohandevir]

+1

I'm gaming on my 42" HDTV with K+M and a PC speaker system. It would be a nice addition.

In fact, it doesn't work in BPM only. Be it SteamOS or Steam client on Ubuntu.

[Balderick]

Getting media keys working as exected can be obtained by one line of code to steamos-session file. see: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/146#issuecomment-39641974
The media keys can then easily be mapped to controller using xboxdrv - which also stops the home button led's flashing on my xbox type controller as well as giving proper mouse look with cursor when using bpm browser. Using xpad for controller gives what looks like steam controller optimisations using blue circles for web navigation.