Weird volume dialog thingy

Meico · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Iowa

well, I got kde running after a sebaticle with nvidia drivers, but that is a subject for another post... Once kde boots I get this Volume dialog box, it has no 'x' button no listing on the k bar, xkill has no effect (It wolnt go down!!). I have no idea where to start, any help will be appreacted.....

Meico · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Iowa

how about how to find out what the process id or name of this window is, I just dont know how to start...

Meico · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Iowa

also, now I am playing with it and I have noticed. that a kmix instance comes up when kde boots up. when I try to close it, it comes right back up. I also tried a killall -s 9 kmix, same thing, it closes then comes right back up without hesitation....

Meico · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Iowa

ok, update. I unmerged the kdemultimedia-3.4* package, now when I reboot kde I still get the Volume dialog still comes up but kmix is no longer in the way. Im going to keep plugging away at this but I dont really know what to do next....

FaNTaSi · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Halle

I have exactly the same problem. It started since I emerge kdemultimedia-3.4.3

Meico · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Iowa

I actually managed to find a different post here. It traced the problem back to a service called kmilo. If you go to the control center then KDE components then service manager, disable kmilo and the Volume window went away.... From what I understand kmilo is the service you run if you want specal buttons on your keyboard (internet buttons etc) to run programs....

FaNTaSi · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Halle

You are right, it solved the problem for me too. Thanks

theMerge · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject:

Anyone out there know how to fix this so it plays nice and I can use my volume up/down play/pause etc. keys?
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Arrr...

pholthau · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject:

I got the same problem.
The volume dialog pops up at system start. But the major problem is:
My volume keeps running down to zero. I can use my special buttons to
push the volume up but its going down immediately.
When i disable the KMilo Service the dialog doesnt pop up anymore but
i cant use my special keys. The problem occured while upgrading the kernel...

rendier · n00b Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 4

Hi,

upgrading to KDE 3.5 brought no solution. I have to keep Kmilo disabled

peter

pholthau · Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:15 am Post subject:

Maybe have a look at this thread:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-315064-highlight-kmilo.html
its a dirty workaround but it helps...

never147 · n00b Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 7

Just wanted to add this started happening for me since suspend2-sources-2.6.14. I never used 2.6.13 but have a 2.6.12 image that works fine. Also, I'm using a Dell D600 laptop and followed some various tips across the net to get it's bits working. One of the things I did a while ago was patch the kernel to enable sofware suspend and other bits, including the volume buttons. This was in 2.6.9, when I used the s3_late_bios patch from here I got the same thing. So back tracked and have been living with out a working software suspend. So I wonder if there's something in the Suspend2 patches that's doing a similar thing.
Incedentally I am still able to use my volume buttons via the hotkeys package. Doc can be found here specific to my lap top. Hope this helps. Very happy about getting rid of that anoying window, also my suspend seems to work in 2.6.14, bonus!