Get volume keys working

[Boern]

I was fed up with the volume keys not working in Phosh, so I set up actkbd to control them.

1. Download the source code of actkbd http://users.softlab.ntua.gr/~thkala/pro....8.tar.bz2
2. Untar the downloaded file

Code:

tar xjf actkbd-0.2.8.tar.bz2

3. Install build-essential so that you can compile programs

Code:

sudo apt install build-essential

4. Enter the untarred directory and compile actkbd

Code:

cd actkbd-0.2.8 ; make

5. Copy the resulting actkbd binary somewhere sensible. I chose ~/.local/bin/
6. Create a config file somewhere sensible. I chose ~/.config/actkbd.conf. The default is /etc/actkbd.conf. If you use the default location you don't have to specify it when launching actkbd.
7. Add the following to the config file

Code:

114:key::pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -5%
115:key::pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ +5%

8.Setup actkbd to autostart by creating the file ~/.config/systemd/user/actkbd.service with the contents:

Code:

[Unit]
Description=actkbd keyboard shortcut daemon

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/mobian/.local/bin/actkbd -c /home/mobian/.config/actkbd.conf -d /dev/input/by-path/platform-1c21800.lradc-event
Restart=always
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

9. Reload systemd

Code:

systemctl --user daemon-reload

10. Enable actkbd to autostart

Code:

systemctl --user enable actkbd

11. Start actkbd

Code:

systemctl --user start actkbd