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Bug 333438 - gnome volume applet mute/zero volume behavior is not intuitive
gnome volume applet mute/zero volume behavior is not intuitive
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 164925
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: mixer
2.14.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-03-05 03:58 UTC by bjohnson
Modified: 2007-01-14 19:14 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description bjohnson 2006-03-05 03:58:52 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Upstreaming from: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180942

volume applet thinks that zero volume is the same as mute.  When the volume is
changed to a level of zero, the mute indicator is shown on the applet and the
mute checkbox is filled.  However, you can not use the mute checkbox to un-mute
the system.  The only way to un-mute is to increase the volume level.  This is
not intuitive.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Lower volume to zero
2. Notice that volume applet thinks it's muted
3. Attempt to un-mute via the mute checkbox.


Actual results:
Frustration

Expected results:
The applet should have never displayed that it was muted.  I had changed the
volume to zero, which is not the same as mute.  In order to un-mute, the volume
should be restored, but if I have it set to zero, what is the value to restore?
 zero?  Then it will always show muted.

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
Comment 1 Mårten Woxberg 2006-03-07 16:14:44 UTC 
Lowering the volume for me on my Overall Meter doesn't even cut all the sound I can still hear faint sounds from PCM channel.

Other than that this bug is right on the money, Mute gets activated on 0 volume.
Comment 2 bjohnson 2006-03-07 17:44:21 UTC 
Mårten-

This is your other bug.  You might want to add yourself to the CC: there.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319139
Comment 3 Ronald Bultje 2007-01-14 19:14:09 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 164925 ***