Description of problem: Installing F7 and rebooting, firstboot is configuring the sound device, but there is no knob to enable sound output. For many sound devices normal sound output is disabled by default, so the user has to just ack the setting and later on use the config tool to enable output. This is bad user experience. regards, Florian La Roche Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Eh, it should not happen. Sound is enabled by alsaunmute utility when system-config-soundcard starts and it's saved when your box is rebooted. So, did you hear the test sound? If so and sound is disabled after reboot, it's a bug somewhere in volume store/restore. Actually, if there isn't any stored sound configuration (during boot), the alsaunmute utility is called during boot and it should enable a sound for you. So please attach steps how to reproduce.
btw. please run s-c-soundcard, switch to "System" page, create scsconfig.log and attach it here. thanks.
This happens with a Siemens Lifebook S7020 and I've also tested that "alsaunmute 0" indeed does not work, but then using the gnome UI I can enable normal speaker output without problems. Will attach log file... Thanks, Florian La Roche
Created attachment 155580 [details] scsconfig.log scsconfig.log
Aha, so it's a bug in alsaunmute. Please attach scsconfig.log just after boot (when sound doesn't work) and when it works (if you adjust it with gnome UI).
Laptop is already re-installed now with RHEL5. This did not show up the possibility to configure within Gnome UI, but starting alsamixer, I can enable the Internal Speaker and then just run system-config-soundcard. The difference in the log file is then: @@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 64 Mono: - Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] - Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] + Front Left: Playback 57 [89%] [on] + Front Right: Playback 57 [89%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono
Created attachment 155588 [details] scsconfig.log from RHEL5 Again the RHEL5 full log file.
aha, okay. btw if this bug is in RHEL-5 too, we can fix it there. alsa-utils is planned for the next update for 5.1
patch added to cvs for F-7/devel.