After further research, the loss of the keyboard volume control is not due to an interaction with VLC.
I'm not sure why, but the keyboard volume control fails to load on some occasions during boot-up. I restarted the computer, and the keyboard volume control has returned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1398971 Title: [SATELLITE P50t-B-112, Realtek ALC284, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My sound card is not working under Ubuntu 14.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: maria 2473 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: maria 2473 F.... pulseaudio maria 12484 F.... alsamixer CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Dec 3 21:26:29 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-29 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Audio Interno - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_DevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: maria 2473 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: maria 2473 F.... pulseaudio maria 12484 F.... alsamixer Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [SATELLITE P50t-B-112, Realtek ALC284, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/03/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: 1.10 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: VG20SQ dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvr1.10:bd04/03/2014:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITEP50t-B-112:pvrPSPNVE-01G00FCE:rvnTOSHIBA:rnVG20SQ:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: SATELLITE P50t-B-112 dmi.product.version: PSPNVE-01G00FCE dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1398971/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp