[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#694685: Bug#694685: xfce4-volumed: uses non-unique string names for card identification

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On jeu., 2012-11-29 at 02:18 +0100, chrysn wrote:
> Package: xfce4-volumed
> Version: 0.1.13-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> on some systems (eg a lenovo thinkpad edge), more than one alsa device
> with the same name show up. as devices are stored as names in
> /xfce4-mixer/active-card, xfce4-volumed can not be configured to use any
> of them but the third.
> 
> in this very setup, the sound devices and their controls look like this
> in xfce4-mixer:
> 
> * HD-Audio Generic (Alsa mixer)
>   * [] IEC958 [1]
> * HD-Audio Generic (Alsa mixer)
>   * Master [2]
>   * Headphone
>   * Speaker
>   * ...
> * ThinkPad Console Audio Control (Alsa mixer)
>   * [] Console
> * ATI R6cc HDMI (OSS Mixer)
>   * [] Digital-1
> 
> the main volume that's supposed to be regulated by the hardware buttons
> is the one marked with [2], but instead, the only thing that works with
> hardware buttons is toggling [1] with the mute button.
> 
> /xfce4-mixer/active-card is configured to HDAudioGenericAlsamixer, which
> fits both devices.

Can you try to configure /xfce4-mixer/active-track to Mixer and see what
happens?
> 
> 
> this, by the way, also affects /xfce4-mixer/sound-card and
> /xfce4-mixer/sound-cards. those only constitute minor annoyances,
> though.

The very problem might be in xfce4-mixer (for not naming cards
differently) or even in alsa (although less probable).

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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