gnome volume control does not have any effect

[magilus]

When I try to control the volume by using the gnome-volume-control applet nothing happens. The volume does not change. This happened in Dapper aswell it happens in Edgy.

martin@kubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 33564 2
snd_ac97_codec 97312 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 81160 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 23300 1 snd_pcm
snd 55812 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10080 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
martin@kubuntu:~$

martin@kubuntu:~$ aplay --list-devices
**** Liste von PLAYBACK Geräten ****
Karte 0: SI7012 [SiS SI7012], Gerät 0: Intel ICH [SiS SI7012]
  Untergeordnete Geräte: 1/1
  Untergeordnetes Gerät '0: subdevice #0
martin@kubuntu:~$

The machine is upgraded from Hoary to Breezy, from Breezy to Dapper and from Dapper to Edgy.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug. Does amixer change correctly the volume?

[magilus (magilus)]

No, amixer does not change the volume correctly, either.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

reassigning to alsa then

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please attach your amixer output, and describe what amixer syntax you're using.

[magilus (magilus)]

Here is the demenaded output. What do you mean with "describe the amixer syntax"?

It is pretty interesting. Volume control in Gnome applications like Totem and Rhythmbox works. But changing the volume in Alsamixer or in Gnome Volume Control does not change anything. I will also attach a screenshot of Alsamixer.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

That's odd. intel8x0 is softvol'd by default, so you _shouldn't_ be seeing this symptom in a fresh Dapper or Edgy install. Is this symptom reproducible from booting an Edgy desktop cd?

[magilus (magilus)]

When I boot from the Edgy desktop CD, the volume is shown to be muted but when I listen to music I can hear it at full volume. Modifying the channel in ALSA does not have any effect regarding the volume.

I can select two devices in gnome-volume-control; A SIS one and a CMEDIA one if that helps.

[Dishypnosis (dishypnosis)]

     I am on a Toshiba Satellite on which I was running Feisty Fawn with NO problems. Upon upgrading last night to Gutsy Gibbon, my sound went berserk. My Gnome taskbar volume controller has no effect on the volume at all; even when muted, I can still hear sound. My maximum volume is also very low now, since the update. Media player volume controllers do have some effect, but again, none bring the volume up to a normal level. My laptop speakers are just barely audible, but if I use externals, and set them on the maximum volume, I get about 1/4 or less of my normal/previous sound capacity. Nearly everything else in Gutsy is great, aside from screwing up my wireless a bit.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 alpha?

[Javier Jardón (jjardon)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!