gnome-volume-control usability loss

[malkav]

Binary package hint: gnome-media

the new 2.28 gnome-volume-control suppressed the "line-in as output" option which is necessary to me. i've been scouring the web for hours looking for a workaround, but to no avail.

lspci -vvv :
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: SigmaTel Device 7680
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 256 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
        Region 0: Memory at 90440000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                        ExtTag- RBE- FLReset-
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                        RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                        MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us
                        ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed unknown, Width x0, TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
        Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

enclosed, alsa-info.sh output

is there a way to cleanly get back to gnome 2.26 as the jaunty mixer was fully functional ?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[malkav (deviantp)]

i am well aware that this bug is upstream. i've reported here first primarily to know if there is a clean workaround (downgrading to gnome 2.26? or a /sys trick ?)
reported today as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600118
thanks for your support

[malkav (deviantp)]

gnome-media people told me to report this to alsa.
here is the backlink
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=4783

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please reproduce this symptom in current Lucid, then use apport-collect -p alsa-base 463589

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Bug report did not expire due to bug watch
No reply to request for information over 9 years ago
Marking "Invalid" to close