"...just attached the patch done by Nathan Osman" I didn't create the patch either, though I did need to tweak it a bit to fix some compilation errors.
"First I see reports (mostly in the upstream report) that people are getting 10-30% steps in volume instead of the defined 6%." I know this isn't going to carry a lot of weight but I've been running the modified package on my desktop for a couple weeks now and it has worked flawlessly. Volume always changes by the percentage I choose. One important question worth answering is whether the users observing the 10-30% jump modified the value from its default. If users leave the setting at its default value, is behavior any different? If not, then the issue only affects those who change the setting - users who are likely willing to accept the issues anyway. "Second using a linear scale for a volume slider is really not ideal, pulse audio uses a cubic scale to define volume, but from a quick glance at the source code it may be that g-s-d is plugging linear values into these structures." The patch doesn't change the expression used for calculating norm_vol_step. It merely replaces VOLUME_STEP with the value from the new setting. I've linked my branch containing the patch and uploaded a Xenial build of gnome-settings-daemon to the PPA mentioned in my earlier message with the same patch. If the patch is accepted and merged, I will do the same thing for unity-settings-daemon - but I don't want to take the time to do that now if there isn't any chance of this getting accepted. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops Status in gnome-settings-daemon: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Changing the volume step in gconf-editor does not do anything when adjusting the volume on a hardware dial. --- ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413) Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.0-0ubuntu5 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Tags: oneiric running-unity Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-08 (3 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
