[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#578668: Bug#578668: alsa-utils: most of volume management keys in alsamixer are not working

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Gennady Kupava [100423 01:36 +0400]
> [added buglog to recepients again]
> 
> ?? ??????, 22/04/2010 ?? 19:03 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter ??????????:
> 
> Urgh... 
> 
> > because:
> 
> Yes, this may be related to pulseaudio. But I (as a user) can see this
> as a regression in alsamixer. Even amixer works well.
> 
> > What happens if you do:
> > 
> > mv  ~/.asoundrc ~/.asoundrc.bak
> 
> I have no sound card except pulseaudio one.

FYI pulseaudio is _not_ a sound driver but a sound server. You
should hear sound with every ALSA soundcard with out any pulseaudio
participation.

> So, if i'll do that you
> suggest I just get system without sound card at all and alsamixer would
> not start.

I don't. Your soundcard will work.

> If i'll do this and install snd-dummy sound card alsamixer
> will perform well and in expected way. All this is written in my previous post.

Not needed.

> > It seems to be more a problem of that pulsaudio thingi.
> 
> Mb alsamixer, mb libasound, mb libpulse, mb pulseserver, mb alsa on
> server side. But I see regression in alsamixer - downgraded only
> alsa-utils and alsamixer works well. Also I see that this is
> reproducible.

What does Mb and mb mean? Well it is not reproducible for me as a
user.

> Please remove unreproducible tag if you can reproduce this following my
> instructions. 

No, I can't reproduce and won't test pulseaudio.

> Please change bug title to 'most of volume management keys
> in alsamixer are not working with pulseaudio sink' to make it more
> descriptive.

You can file this as a pulseaudio bug then. I won't ;-)

> Thanks, Gennady.

Elimar

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