Setting Volume Keyboard Shortcuts

How can I assign system wide up/down volume controls to Fn keys on a non-Apple keyboard?

If you use alsa, try make bind to volume keys such script:
$cat /usr/local/bin/volime-ctl
#!/bin/sh
MUTE="off"
if [ 'X'$1 == 'Xmute' ]; then
amixer -q set Master off
MUTE="on"
else
LEVEL=`cat /proc/acpi/ibm/volume | awk '/^level:/ {print $2}'`
VOLUME=`perl -e "printf (\"%2.0f\n\", $LEVEL/15*100);"`
fi
if [ $MUTE == 'on' ]; then
INFO=MUTED
ICON=audio-volume-muted
else
if [ $VOLUME -eq 0 ]; then
ICON=audio-volume-off
elif [ $VOLUME -lt 33 ]; then
ICON=audio-volume-low
elif [ $VOLUME -lt 66 ]; then
ICON=audio-volume-medium
else
ICON=audio-volume-high
fi
VOLUME="${VOLUME}%"
amixer -q sset Master $VOLUME on
fi
/usr/bin/notify-send --expire-time=2000 "Volume Control" "$VOLUME" -i $ICON
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Last edited by kurych (2011-12-11 19:59:11)

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