What command are my volume keys running?

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Published on 2013-10-21T10:14:38Z Indexed on 2013/10/21 10:15 UTC
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In Unity I use my ThinkPad hot keys to change the volume. I need to know the command that these keys run so that I can bind it in my window manager.

I have tried using amixer but could not change the volume through command line

amixer set Master 10%- amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Master',0

amixer scontrols: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0

amixer set 'IEC958' 50%- amixer: Invalid command!

So obviously this is not what Unity is running. I have tried changing the default sound card as well but that didn't help.

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