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

[Gennady Kupava]

В Птн, 23/04/2010 в 19:19 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter пишет:
> * 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
> 


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

FYI I am software developer and use Linux for more than 10 years. I even
have 1 my patch in libasound. I know how exactly things are working.

This report is not against 'sound driver'. It's about alsamixer. In this
case you may consider pulseaudio client side as 'driver'. alsamixer name
it 'sound card' - why not?

>I don't. Your soundcard will work.

I have no sound card. I have no speakers connected to machine. what do
you think will work on that system? Read bug report, I spend much time
writing it to make reproduction as easy as possible and problem as clean
as possible.

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

MB=may be.

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

If you do not want to reproduce this problem - no problem, but remove
tag. Because your unwilling to reproduce do not mean it is not
reproducible.

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

If you think bug is in other package, can you request changing package
for this bug?

Gennady.