Bug#352658: gnome-media: Solved!

[Manuel Bilderbeek]

Package: gnome-media
Version: 2.12.0-3
Followup-For: Bug #352658


I didn't try downgrading, but I did find the solution on some Gentoo
forum. The whole problem seems to be caused by the installation of
Linux kernel 2.6.15. It seems that it doesn't load any OSS modules
anymore. The solution:

$ sudo apt-get install gnome-media 
(if you didn't have it already)
$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-alsa 
(not 100% sure this is necessary)
$ gstreamer-properties
Now select ALSA Sink or Autodetect instead of OSS Sink. After this,
remove the gnome-volume-control from the panel and add it again and
voila: it works!

So, the problem is there if you still use an OSS setting (and used OSS
before the kernel upgrade).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-media depends on:
ii  gconf2                 2.12.1-9          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gstreamer0.8-alsa [gst 0.8.11-2          ALSA plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-cdparanoi 0.8.11-2          cdparanoia plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-misc      0.8.11-2          Collection of various GStreamer pl
ii  gstreamer0.8-oss [gstr 0.8.11-2          OSS plugin for GStreamer
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.10.3-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0          0.2.6-6           Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.10.1-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.10.1-2          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.3.5-13          GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcairo2              1.0.2-3           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2            0.60-5            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                0.2.36-3          Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1         2.3.2-1.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.1.7-2.4         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgail-common         1.8.8-1           GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17              1.8.8-1           GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4            2.12.1-9          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11            1.2.2-1           LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.5.1-2         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.8.6-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0      0.4.6-2           GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0            2.12.0.1-5        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.12.0-2          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.10.1-1          The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         2.12.2-5          GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls11            1.0.16-14         GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0          1.1-4             library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-gconf0.8- 0.8.11-2          GConf support for GStreamer
ii  libgstreamer-plugins0. 0.8.11-2          Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0      0.8.11-3          Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.8.10-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhal1                0.5.6-2           Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62              6b-11             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libnautilus-burn2      2.12.2-3          Nautilus Burn Library - runtime ve
ii  liborbit2              1:2.12.4-1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.10.3-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.8rel-5        PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0               1.7-5             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2             0.2.17-1          Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1            1.1.3-1           X cursor management library
ii  libxext6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1           6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxml2                2.6.23.dfsg.1-0.1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.0.2-1       X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3-9         compression library - runtime

gnome-media recommends no packages.

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