diff -urN xf86-input-evdev-2.4.0/src/evdev.c xf86-input-evdev-2.4.0-orig/src/evdev.c
--- xf86-input-evdev-2.4.0/src/evdev.c	2010-03-23 23:50:54.000000000 +0200
+++ xf86-input-evdev-2.4.0-orig/src/evdev.c	2010-10-02 21:03:20.543642247 +0300
@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@
     EventQueuePtr pQueue;
     EvdevPtr pEvdev = pInfo->private;
 
+    /* fix events for volume keys, no release key sent
+       so emulate release.
+    */
+    if ((KEY_VOLUMEUP == ev->code) || (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN == ev->code)) {
+	xf86PostKeyboardEvent(pInfo->dev, code, 1);
+	xf86PostKeyboardEvent(pInfo->dev, code, 0);
+	return;
+    }
+
     /* Filter all repeated events from device.
        We'll do softrepeat in the server, but only since 1.6 */
     if (value == 2