Volume keys no longer functional?

the volume keys quit working on my wired aluminum keyboard this morning.
nothing new, just stopped wrking. other function keys seem to still be working.
tested on 10.7 and 10.8.
tried installing keymap to see if the keys could be tricked into returning, but sadly, no. volume not working with the keyboard any longer.
this is a wired keyboard. F11 (volume down) now does some thing where it makes stuff on screen slightly larger to fill the screen.
I am suddenly surprised how often i use volume keys now that they do not work.

thanks, checked every possible combination to restore the volume keys using the keymap4macbook preference pane (what a dumb name, but it is free). working correctly again.

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