Michael Schuster wrote: > I upgraded my U40 to build 116 from the internal ips repository this > morning; before that, I was running 2009.06 (build 111b). I'm using > gnome as my desktop environment, no special settings AFAICT. > > I've noticed these changes: > > - the buttons on the keyboard don't have any effect anymore, apart > from showing a volume bar at 100%. The bar doesn't change, nor does > that volume of what I'm hearing. This is the only thing that I find > annoying.
I've heard this too, I wonder if its a new bug in 115 or 116. > > - if I select "open volume control" from the volume control applet, > the active device is shown as "audio810#0 (OSS v4 Audio Mixer)". While > I did have oss installed at one time, I couldn't find anything that it > is still around. Controls are responsive though. > If I select "Unkown volume control 1 (Sun Audio Mixer)", I can't > control any volume settings with the sliding bar. That's because in b115 and later you have to use the OSSv4 mixer which is now bundled as part of the stack. Solaris audio was updated as part of the Boomer. > > - If I turn the volume up fairly high (I have very small speakers and > no power adapter, so all I get is the power from the audio line), and > the volume of the music itself also increases, I get a little noise as > well - I don't remember getting that previously. Possibly this is due to a bug in audiohd -- audiohd has had a number of changes over the past few weeks, and quite frankly I've not been able to keep up with all of them. > > a) is all of the above "normal"? Partly. > b) if no, what do I need to do? Try the latest build 117 bits if you can. File bug reports against any items still outstanding. - Garrett > > thx > Michael
