Description of problem: Setting of Capture to on is not persistent across user logins/reboots Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-media-2.16.1-2.fc6 How reproducible: Turn on microphone capture via /usr/bin/gnome-volume-control and see if it remains set across logins/reboots. Steps to Reproduce: 1. login as regular user 2. set Microphone to on 3. reboot 4. login again as the same user Actual results: Microphone is turned off Expected results: Microphone should be turned on Additional info: The difference between amixer output just after login and after it was turned on: --- /tmp/amixer.before 2006-11-19 12:53:43.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/amixer.after 2006-11-19 12:53:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 - Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Capture [on] - Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Capture [on] + Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Capture [off] + Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Line LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right @@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 26 [84%] [on] - Front Left: Capture [off] - Front Right: Capture [off] + Front Left: Capture [on] + Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono
Created attachment 141580 [details] amixer output just after login
Created attachment 141581 [details] amixer output after unmuting microphone
The workaround is to put following command to be executed after login: /usr/bin/amixer sset Mic cap (e.g. via gnome-session-properties) After that it works as expected.
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