Add Restart Alsa to Gnome Volume Control Applet Submenu

[carl.b]

Binary package hint: volume-control

It is unfortunately common for applications to crash locking up the alsa sound system preventing sounds functioning
(recreateable in all distributions by forceably terminating an active xine application)
In my case common culprits
Totem
Firefox+Flash
Amarok and Xine based players.

As an experienced user i know restarting alsa will resolve this
however for a novice user this is a difficult task possibly requiring a full reboot.

the addition of a object on the context menu of the volume control entitled "Restart Sound System (ALSA)" (Attached)
or similar
with the attached action
`gksu /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart`

could become a potent resolution.

Addition of this button to the Volume Control Application could be beneficial also.

[carl.b (carl0ski)]

sorry originally wrong package

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.