The new gnome-volume-control (GVC) in Jaunty does not list virtual Pulseaudio sinks in the output tab. Additionally, if a virtual sink is selected as default using the pavucontrol application, then the "output volume" slider in GVC's "sound preferences" dialog is disabled.
In my case, my virtual sink is a LADSPA plugin that works as a system-wide equalizer. It is initialized at the end of my /etc/pulseaudio/default.pa, like so:
Binary package hint: gnome-media
The new gnome-volume- control (GVC) in Jaunty does not list virtual Pulseaudio sinks in the output tab. Additionally, if a virtual sink is selected as default using the pavucontrol application, then the "output volume" slider in GVC's "sound preferences" dialog is disabled.
In my case, my virtual sink is a LADSPA plugin that works as a system-wide equalizer. It is initialized at the end of my /etc/pulseaudio /default. pa, like so:
.nofail equalized_ out master= alsa_output. pci_8086_ 284b_sound_ card_0_ alsa_playback_ 0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control= -2,-2,- 1,-1,0, 0,0,0,1, 1,2,3,4, 5,5
load-module module-ladspa-sink sink_name=
.fail
(This is under Gnome 2.25.5)