Bug 77525

Summary: Gnome Volume Control 2.0.0 use results in error.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <josnyder>
Component: gnome-audioAssignee: Havoc Pennington <hp>
Status: CLOSED DEFERRED QA Contact: Jay Turner <jturner>
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Version: 8.0CC: srevivo
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Description Need Real Name 2002-11-08 15:27:52 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.6 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020830

Description of problem:
When Opening the Gnome Volume Control center, the follwoing error message is
displayed and the control center is not usable.

Error:An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for
gnome-volume-control. Some of your configuration settings may not work properly.

Details: 
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/vol": `(' is
an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/synth": `('
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/pcm": `(' is
an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/speaker": `('
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/line": `(' is
an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/mic": `(' is
an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/cd": `(' is
an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/mix": `(' is
an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
 "/apps/gnome-volume-control/OSS-Crystal_audio_controller_(CS423-1/igain": `('
is an invalid character in key/directory names


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.From the Main Redhat menu, select Sound and Video and then Volume control.

2.Error message is displayed every time.
3.I am unable to locate the directory indicated in the details of the error.
	

Actual Results:  The Gnome Volume Control Center does not function.

Expected Results:  Modifying setting in the volume control center should have
altered the sound output from the speakers.

Additional info:

N/A

Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2002-11-08 17:02:32 UTC
This is fixed in newer upstream versions, we'll get the fix on upgrade to those.