PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it

Bug #534881 reported by Aaron Plattner
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pidgin (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Nominated for Lucid by Srand
Nominated for Maverick by Srand
pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Nominated for Lucid by Srand
Nominated for Maverick by Srand

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Compared to my music player application, Pidgin is ridiculously loud. Normally, I would adjust its volume in the per-application volume tab, but the slider for it appears only while the sound is actually playing. I have to have a friend constantly send me messages to trigger the sound so I can adjust it.

The Pidgin slider should be visible whenever Pidgin is running, not just when Pidgin is actually playing a sound.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

From this description, Pidgin appears not to be tagging with media.role = event.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Aaron Plattner (aplattner) wrote :

Thanks Daniel. I'll file a bug against Pidgin.

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Aaron Plattner (aplattner) wrote :

... or figure out how to make this bug apply to the Pidgin package.

tags: added: kernel-series-unknown
tags: removed: kernel-series-unknown
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Srand (cyril-scetbon) wrote :

This bug is really disturbing, did someone find a fix ?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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vsespb (vsespb) wrote :

also, same way I cannot change output device for pidgin.

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