[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#908938: Bug#908938: alsa-utils: amixer does not unmute pulseaudio

[Elimar Riesebieter]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

Hi Lukasz,

* Łukasz Stelmach <steelman at post.pl> [2018-09-16 11:23 +0200]:

> Package: alsa-utils
> Version: 1.1.3-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I've got PulseAudio running, so amixer (and alsamixer) controls the
> default PA output. I use the following command to control muting of
> audio.
> 
>     amixer -q -c 0 sset Master toggle
> 
> It mutes the audio but can't unmute. Neither can
> 
>     amixer -q -c 0 sset Master unmute

Master toggle mutes the Speaker here. so

amixer -q -c 0 sset Speaker unmute

does the job on my system. This is a bit confusing users. Should we
forward this bug to alsa-devel?

Elimar
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