FN + Arrow Keys to Control Volume Help

I am using Arch with XFCE on a Acer Aspire One d257-13434 netbook. I am trying to get the fn+arrow up/down to work to control the volume level. I did it once before but I can't remember what I did. Any help would be appreciated.

I use xbindkeys with my dedicated volume buttons to control the volume level.
Create the file with gedit (or other text editor): /home/~/.xbindkeys.scm
(xbindkey '("XF86AudioRaiseVolume") "amixer set Master 2dB+ unmute")
(xbindkey '("XF86AudioLowerVolume") "amixer set Master 2dB- unmute")
You need to see what keysym Fn + up-arrow and Fn + down-arrow produce with xev. You can change it if need be (if they don't currently produce XF86AudioRaiseVolume and XF86AudioLowerVolume) with /home/~/.xmodmap.
Last edited by David Batson (2011-11-02 16:56:12)

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1) in Xcode Preferences, try to assign Control-Up-Arrow to any item in the menu. It doesn't work for me, it's as if I hadn't pressed that key combo. But I am able to assign any other key, Control-Right-Arrow, for example.
2) in Logic Pro 9, I tried the same in the keyboard shortcuts dialog. Control-Left/Right-Arrow are working fine, but Control-Up/Down-arrows cannot be entered.
3) at last, I wrote my own little dummy test Cocoa application in Xcode, and I assigned Control-Up/Down-Arrow to 2 menu items in Interface Builder, and assigned some action. The action did not work when I pressed the shortcut. But it does work with Control-Left/Right-Arrow. Also clicking the menu items with the mouse works, even when configured to control-up/down-arrows.
I checked Universal Access in system settings, and mousekeys is off.
I installed these sw updates last week: Xcode 3.2.4, Security Update 2010-005 + 2010-006. Was anything changed about the key combinations?
Could anyone confirm or deny my findings? It used to work before the sw update. What could have possibly happened to Control-Up/Down-Arrows?
Thanks for any help, it's appreciated!
Message was edited by: Sven Thoennissen
Message was edited by: Sven Thoennissen

It turned out that the Control-Up/Down-Arrow shortcuts were taken by the Spaces app - even though Spaces was disabled! The problem was fixed by enabling Spaces and disabling it again.

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