Here's also a strace of gnome-settings-daemon while pressing and releasing one of the volume keys. I've also checked the other (two) threads which have no activity upon pressing these keys. gnome- settings-daemon seems to black-hole these key presses.
** Attachment added: "strace of gnome settings daemon" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1248368/+attachment/4132075/+files/gnome-settings-daemon-strace.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248368 Title: Volume up/down keyboard keys stoped working after gnome-settings- daemon package update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1248368/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs