Hi, Can you please add this to the upstream bug report at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491493
I could add it for you, but it's a lot easier if you take part in the upstream discussion directly, as I have no way of reproducing the problem. On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 04:00 +0200, A B wrote: > Package: gnome-applets > Version: 2.20.1-3 > Followup-For: Bug #451203 > > > Hello again, > > I did more testings, including with an other card (usb-audio, usb code > 046d:0a01, it's a Headset sound card type from Logitech). > > Sadly I have to correct my previous report. Altough I didn't notice it, > I also get volume problems with the 2.14.3-4, it will just never display > the volume as a false mute. > > Still on hda-intel the behavior on 2.14.3-4 is like this: > Randomly, when changing the master volume (and checking with an alsamixer > also > running), the left volume channel drops to zero, while the right volume > stays correct. On the next change, the two channels are averaged. So after > some up key I got 75% -> 79% but the left channel dropped to zero in > alsamixer. Then I decreased it, the new value was 35% (79/2 -4) > for the two channels. Actual values from test. > > With 2.20.1-3, the behavior is a bit different, I never see the left channel > dropping to zero, but about the same happens. > One test: I did up with 28% and it dropped to 16%. I can assume it's > increased first and then divided by 2 ((28+4)/2). Other try: 59% up, I get > 31% ((59+4)/2). There's also the random false mute display, but I can't > find it linked with when the volume gets wrong. > > Now with the usb-audio card it's worse. I have to use the "Speaker" > control because there's no master. It gets wrong at almost each use. > It can take several seconds keeping the up key repeating before reaching > 100%. Even if sometimes it works fine for some time, it's almost > impossible to set it correctly with the mixer_applet2, while as usual it's > always working fine with alsamixer. Sadly the usb-audio doesn't appear > to have an OSS emulation API. > > I can also notice that if I change the volume on alsamixer, the > (2.20.1-3) mixer_applet2 also randomly shows the false mute. > > Other interesting info, but it's no more with mixer_applet2: if I run > gnome-volume-control (which behaves as bad as mixer_applet2) and change > the sound on alsamixer, the bug appears. gnome-volume-control, by just > being around makes the sound control unstable even if changing its settings > with alsamixer. > > Debug should be done with a usb-audio card, much more interesting samples. > > > regards, > A.B. > > > -- System Information: > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (10, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-1-strider (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages gnome-applets depends on: > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.21 Debian configuration management > sy > ii gconf2 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database > syste > ii gnome-applets-data 2.20.1-3 Various applets for GNOME 2 > panel > ii gnome-icon-theme 2.22.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme > ii gnome-panel 2.20.3-3 launcher and docking facility > for > ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.19-1 GStreamer plugin for ALSA > ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.7-3 GStreamer plugins from the > "good" > ii libapm1 3.2.2-10 Library for interacting with APM > d > ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libbonoboui2-0 2.22.0-1 The Bonobo UI library > ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libcpufreq0 002-7.2 shared library to deal with the > cp > ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-2 simple interprocess messaging > syst > ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.74-2 simple interprocess messaging > syst > ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database > syste > ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at > ru > ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.1-2 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.22.1-1 Utility library for loading > .deskt > ii libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime > file > ii libgnomekbd2 2.22.0-1 GNOME library to manage keyboard > c > ii libgnomekbdui2 2.22.0-1 User interface library for > libgnom > ii libgnomeui-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User > Interf > ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.22.0-2 GNOME Virtual File System > (runtime > ii libgnomevfs2-extra 1:2.22.0-2 GNOME Virtual File System (extra > m > ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0 0.10.19-1 GStreamer libraries from the > "base > ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.19-3 Core GStreamer libraries and > eleme > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user > interface > ii libgtop2-7 2.22.1-1 gtop system monitoring library > ii libgucharmap6 1:2.22.1-1 Unicode browser widget library > (sh > ii libhal1 0.5.11~rc2-1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - > share > ii libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk 0.4.4-3 sends desktop notifications to a > n > ii liboobs-1-3 2.20.0-1 GObject based interface to > system- > ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.20.3-3 library for GNOME Panel applets > ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.2-2 Layout and rendering of > internatio > ii libwnck22 2.22.1-1 Window Navigator Construction > Kit > ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library > ii libxklavier12 3.5-1 X Keyboard Extension high-level > AP > ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library > ii python 2.5.2-1 An interactive high-level > object-o > > Versions of packages gnome-applets recommends: > pn deskbar-applet <none> (no description available) > ii gnome-media 2.22.0-1 GNOME media utilities > pn gnome-netstatus-applet <none> (no description available) > pn gnome-system-monitor <none> (no description available) > ii python-gnome2 2.22.0-1 Python bindings for the GNOME > desk > > -- debconf information excluded > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-gnome-maintainers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-gnome-maintainers -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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