'Twas brillig, and Paul Menzel at 28/11/10 14:48 did gyre and gimble: > Am Sonntag, den 28.11.2010, 17:12 +0800 schrieb James Harkins: >> At Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:02:51 -0500, Sean McNamara wrote: >>> Why they are not independent: Good question ;-) The answer is that >>> PA's flat-volumes feature is enabled by default. >> >> It gets a little more weird. Today, I tried to reproduce the behavior after >> opening rhythmbox. No problem -- the volume controls seemed to be >> independent. >> >> After a couple hours, and listening to some music, they are linked again. >> >> It seems like, if the master volume is at a high level, lowering the volume >> in rhythm box doesn't change the master volume. But, if the master is turned >> down, bringing up the rhythm box volume slider also increases the master. >> >> Changing the master (in either direction) also changes the rhythm box >> setting. >> >> I wonder... the problem started to reproduce after plugging in my iPod. I >> can't imagine why that would make a difference, but this whole thing is >> strange enough, anything is possible. > > Could you please post more information. > > 1. What version of PA do you run? > 2. Did you try the latest release 0.9.22? > 3. Does that happen with another media player, for example Banshee, too? > 4. What version of Rhythmbox do you use?
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