#361: Cannot find mixer control Master
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Reporter: illuusio | Owner: ossman
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: module-alsa-* | Severity: normal
Resolution: invalid | Keywords: LTSP
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Comment (by coling):
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your situation. A similar same thing
happened to me with some hardware a while back (the Master channel didn't
actually work, and using the PCM was the the only way I could get the
volume controls to work). So for me the order in which pulse used the
mixers was "wrong".
But that doesn't change where the fundamental problem is. You report a bug
in pulseaudio, and I explain, quite clearly, that this is actually an ALSA
problem. You then flame pulse for not working around a bug that lies
elsewhere and could have completely different workarounds on different
hardware (thus making the inclusion of a workaround in pulse harder).
Despite me giving you a potential workaround to try (because it looked
like your card was wanting to use a surround mixer on a stereo setup and
using pulse in a 5 channel way may have fixed the mixer problems),
explaining what option in what config file you needed to tweak, and they
you again flame me for saying you didn't have a clue that I meant (I
thought my instructions where clear but I guess not.).
This all comes down to a question of software quality. You seem to suggest
that by not adding a sticking plaster in pulse, that makes pulse worse. I
disagree. Putting the fix in the right place makes the '''whole''' system
of Free software better. So don't spit the dummy out just because your
personal immediate need is not met, report the issues to the right
channels, fix them ''appropriately'' or help/encourage others to do so,
and help make Free software as a whole better.
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Ticket URL: <http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/361#comment:3>
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