Gnome-Alsamixer: Key/directory may not end with a slash (/)

[John Doe]

Binary package hint: gnome-alsamixer

I'm running Ubuntu Karmic RC, Soundcards used are AC97 (Realtek) and SB Audigy2 (PCMCIA).

When starting gnome-alsamixer, I get this message:

Bad key or directory name: "/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_mixers/«: Key/directory may not end with a slash (/)
Bad key or directory name: "apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_names/«: Key/directory may not end with a slash (/)

As far as I know, this is an old Bug that was fixed before in Feisty. The Bug was that gconf is not able to have different characters in it's Key like " \t\r\n\"$&<>,+=#!()'|{}[]?~`;%\\".

See here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429012

And here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-alsamixer/+bug/106903

It would be very good if this could be fixed on the Final Release.

[Wes Crow (nana8590)]

I've got the same problem on a 10.10 installation.
Bad key or directory name: "/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_mixers/": Key/directory may not end with a slash '/'
Bad key or directory name: "/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_names/": Key/directory may not end with a slash '/'

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[sappalott (sappalott)]

This Bug is still present in Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (Precise Pangolin).

Version of packet gnome-alsamixer: 0.9.7~cvs.20060916.ds.1-3