Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 123920
sound volume reset to zero when you enter X
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:43 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: I chose a component for this bug report that is probably not the problem. The deal is that the component which fixes the problem is not a selectable component of FC2. So... this bug is probably not related to redhat-config-soundcard but alsa-utils-1.0.3-1 is not a selectable component and neither is system-config-soundcard. I guess bugzilla is a bit behind. Anyway here's the problem: While in gnome I set all my sound volumes. I have to use alsamixer to do it because the GUI tools do not seem to work. Then... if I log out of X (no reboot... just logout and then log back in) my sound values are back to zero again. Running alsactl restore fixes it so I know that the /etc/asound.state file is being written correctly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-soundcard-1.2.8-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set sound volumes with alsamixer 2. Log out. 3. Log back in and I have to set the sound values again (alsactl restore) Actual Results: Exactly as I said... if I set the volume and then log out the volume settings are back to zero again. Running "alsactl restore" puts it back to where I had it before. Expected Results: I should not have to mess with sound once again I set it up. Additional info: I don't know if it's relevant or not but while running the gnome-cdplayer I tried to adjust the sound volume using the volume applet on the toolbar... I adjust it up... and it adjusts itself right back down again and I can watch it slide back down on it's own. Weird!
I can also see how the volume level starts going down. Red Hat folks probably added gravitational forces in their latest desktop. If I set the volume level to maximum it stays there. However any other volume level, and it starts slowly decreasing until it gets to zero.
I have exactly the same problem as described in the original bug report, the additional comment, that volume level slides down does not apply though. Additional information that may help: it's not fresh FC2 install, but an upgrade from RH8 - RH9 - FC1 - FC2
This would be the mixer applet. Could you confirm that you have the mixer applet in your panel?
I'm seeing the volume slider decrease on its own as stated in comment #1. This is also on FC2. Was a solution for this problem found?
It's a bug in the gnome-applets (the mixer in your panel). Are you using it?
We have gnome-applets-2.6.0-5 installed. I'll upgrade to 2.6.2.1-1 to see if that helps. Thanks!
Hi, This bug is being closed because it has been in the NEEDINFO state for a long time now. Feel free to reopen the bug report if the problem still happens for you and you can provide any information that was requested.