https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=405088 Summary: Alsa Mixer setting retention, Pulse Audio and general interface Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Sound AssignedTo: tiwai@novell.com ReportedBy: jimomura@pathcom.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Customer Summary: The human interface needs work. There is also a problem with saved parameters for the "ALSA Mixer". Original Problem: When I first installed OpenSuSE 11.0 from the LiveCD the sound was working but was too loud. I clicked on the speaker icon ("Volume Applet 2.22.1") on the bottom bar and adjusted it to a good level and closed it. When I rebooted, it was completely muted with a red "x". I tried to un-mute it but nothing worked. There were other problems, so I left it that way for a few days. Repair Attempts: Eventually, on the "Volume Applet" I tried the "Open Volume Control" and it called up the "Pulse Audio" mixer. I tried to adjust this and could not get any sound working. I do not remember the defaults, but I left it with everything pointing at "Alsa". I also set the "Volume Applet" to "Alsa Mixer" and "Master". I could not find the "Alsa Mixer". It is called "Volume" which made me think it was just another icon to call the "Volume Applet". After many hours of trying to get it to work, I suspected a problem with "Pulse Audio", so I decided to remove "Pulse Audio" and re-load "Alsa" by itself. Using YaST2 "Software Management" I searched for "Pulse" and removed a lot of it and re-booted the computer. The "Volume Applet" could not launch the "Pulse Audio" mixer (which I had removed), and thus did nothing. Looking at the menus, I finally tried the "Volume" control and found that it was the "Alsa Mixer". I was then able to "un-mute" everything and get the sound working. Remaining Problems: Settings I make using the "Alsa Mixer" are not retained from session to session, so I have to manually un-mute and readjust the volume each time I start a session. Note: I do not know if there are any problems with "Pulse Audio" It is possible that there was nothing wrong with it in the first place. On the other hand, I have decided that for now, I will not re-load any of the components I have removed since sound is now working adequately. Request for Changes: The current interface is too confusing. If the "Volume Applet" is setting the "Alsa Mixer/Master", which is what I set it to do, there should be a way to launch the "Alsa Mixer" from that Applet, though if the selection of the "Alsa Mixer" is through the "Pulse Mixer" then that should also be launchable from the "Volume Applet". At bare minimum, there should be a button in the "Pulse Audio Mixer" to launch the "Mixer" selected from within that window. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.