To activate the volume controls on the keyboard, I had to open ~/.config/openbox/trisquel-mini-rc.xml look for and add the contents of attachment1 above that line: ~/.local/share/volume.sh toggle ~/.local/share/volume.sh up 5% ~/.local/share/volume.sh down 5% then, create a file named ~/.local/share/volume.sh: touch ~/.local/share/volume.sh chmod +x ~/.local/share/volume.sh open the file and put the following: #!/bin/bash # Check that amixer exists or exit [[ -z `which amixer` ]] && exit 1 case "$1" in [uU] | [uU][pP]) echo "Volume up by $2"; amixer set Master "$2"+; ;; [dD] | [dD][oO][wW][nN]) echo "Volume up by $2"; amixer set Master "$2"-; ;; [mM] | [mM][uU][tT][eE]) echo "Muting"; amixer set Master mute; ;; [uU][nN] | [uU][nN][mM][uU][tT][eE]) echo "Unmuting all"; for i in {Master,Headphone,PCM,Speaker}; do amixer set "$i" unmute; done; ;; [tT] | [tT][oO][gG][gG][lL][eE]) echo "Toggling all according to Master"; # Get the status of the Master control M=$(amixer get Master | grep 'dB.*\[o' | awk '{print $NF}' | tr -d '[]'); for i in {Master,Headphone,PCM,Speaker}; do # If the master is on, mute it (set on) if [[ $M == "on" ]]; then amixer set "$i" mute; # If the master is off, unmute it (set off) elif [[ $M == "off" ]]; then amixer set "$i" unmute; fi; done; ;; esac then run openbox --reconfigure *_and I would like to see these changes in the next release of Trisquel!_* please.