Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 119732
gnome volume control shows both OSS and alsa settings
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:39 EST
Description of problem: gnome volume control shows two devices for my ali5451 sound card. One says something about OSS and the other about alsa Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-panel-2.6.0-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open the gnome volume control 2. 3. Actual results: Two tabs are shown Expected results: Only one tab should be shown Additional info: Is this because you set OSS compatibility when loading alsa?
I have the same problem with two mixers being displayed, ALSA Mixer and OSS Mixer, in Fedora Core 2 Test 3. When I first login the login sound file is heard but after than, no sound at all. Too, the problem as described in bug #121376, the volume-applet slider decrements step-by-step, all on it's own... FYI - sound plays quite well in KDE but Gnome is my favored desktop.
Next time I will double-check things before I say anything -- I no longer have any sound working in KDE either!!! Everything looks normal, Kmix shows I should have sound at my disposal, but nothing is heard....
Also see this on FC 2 test 3 with a Soundblaster Live 5.1. If I grab a slider from one and move it, I get the appropriate sound, but if I just set one and then go to the other and click on a slider, sound goes off. For now I have muted the OSS master volume and I'm using the alsa controls only, though I am not getting any sound from my rear satellites when playing CD's, though I do get sound in Windows.
I have the same problem (including the volume decrement) with FC2 final. I'd be happy to give any more assistance if someone needs to work with a machine that can reproduce this problem.
My bug sounds related to this, so I'll post here instead of creating a new bug. Basically, I have both OSS and ALSA tabs in gnome-volume control (fc2 final), and my volume settings (gnome) are not sticking between sessions -- it always comes up with the PCM volume at zero). It saved once when I checked "save session" (I don't do this often - like to have a standard "startup state" for my sessions, regardless of what I was doing the night before), but the next reboot after that the volume was back to zero again.
Volume decrement problem is in bug #121376. This bug should be against gnome-volume-control in gnome-media
Which devices are shown exactly? Could the original reporter please post a screenshot of the gnome-volume-control? Could you also attach the output of lsmod, as well as the modules.conf (or modprobe.conf for FC2 and above)?
Created attachment 102114 [details] Screenshot of gnome volume control It looks like it shows the ALSA and OSS setup. Maybe it is that I have the OSS setup just to be compatible with olther programs
Output of lsmod. This is under Fedora Core 2 final as well as the screenshot. [pampa@localhost pampa]$ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by snd_mixer_oss 13824 2 snd_ali5451 17224 3 snd_ac97_codec 54788 1 snd_ali5451 snd_pcm 69256 1 snd_ali5451 snd_page_alloc 8072 1 snd_pcm snd_timer 17284 1 snd_pcm snd 39396 7 snd_mixer_oss,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6112 3 snd parport_pc 19392 0 lp 8236 0 parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 12932 0 sunrpc 109924 1 orinoco_cs 6152 0 ds 12292 1 orinoco_cs pcmcia_core 47176 2 orinoco_cs,ds orinoco 31500 1 orinoco_cs hermes 6528 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco 8139too 17920 0 mii 3584 1 8139too ipt_REJECT 4736 1 ipt_state 1536 1 ip_conntrack 24968 1 ipt_state iptable_filter 2176 1 ip_tables 13568 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter sg 27680 0 scsi_mod 91984 1 sg microcode 4768 0 nls_utf8 1536 1 nls_cp437 5376 1 vfat 9984 1 fat 33600 1 vfat dm_mod 32800 0 joydev 6976 0 ohci_hcd 16016 0 ehci_hcd 22916 0 toshiba_acpi 4764 0 button 4632 0 battery 6924 0 asus_acpi 8984 0 ac 3340 0 ipv6 184672 6 ext3 103656 2 jbd 40728 1 ext3
*** Bug 132363 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 119540 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This bug is being tracked upstream here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152840