> Just one more observation: xfce4-volumed opens all mixers on startup,
> then chooses to use only one, but it doesn't bother to close the other
> mixers. This behaviour could be improved to avoid wasting resources
> (btw, this would actually also fix the problem in some cases where the
> problem is triggered by unplugging a secondary sound device like a USB
> headset that's not being used by xfce4-volumed).
>
>
Hm, that's one of the things I have to do. At the moment I just open them
all to allow switching from one to another when the name of the card is
changed in xfconf. This will be done for the next version of xfce4-volumed.
2010/1/9 cmeerw <email address hidden>
> Just one more observation: xfce4-volumed opens all mixers on startup,
> then chooses to use only one, but it doesn't bother to close the other
> mixers. This behaviour could be improved to avoid wasting resources
> (btw, this would actually also fix the problem in some cases where the
> problem is triggered by unplugging a secondary sound device like a USB
> headset that's not being used by xfce4-volumed).
>
>
Hm, that's one of the things I have to do. At the moment I just open them
all to allow switching from one to another when the name of the card is
changed in xfconf. This will be done for the next version of xfce4-volumed.