GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 577341
Alsa output volume is muted on restart
Last modified: 2009-07-20 21:57:26 UTC
Please describe the problem: Whenever I restart my computer, the ALSA master playback volume is muted. Not only that, but it is set to a very low value, so I need to increase the volume. This is happening only after upgrading to the volume control that uses pulseaudio. Steps to reproduce: 1. Set ALSA volume to be non-zero 2. Restart 3. AlSA volume is muted Actual results: Expected results: Volume stays the same setting I left it. Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information:
Which distro is this? Smells like a distro problem to me.
This is Debian Testing. If there are any commands I should run in the terminal and/or debug, let me know.
I'm experiencing the same issue on Ubuntu 9.04 beta. Maybe a Debian derivatives problem?
This is certainly unrelated to to GNOME btw. This should be moved to Ubuntu's or Debian's bugzilla.
This might be related to bug 578174. It is also present in Fedora 10 (see bug 578174), so does not seem packaging related to me.
bug 578174 is only on recording switches (playback switches work fine). Uri, can you verify the ALSA mixer settings with "alsamixer -c0"? If they are wrong, it could be either Debian ALSA script/settings or PulseAudio. Check it by non-starting the GNOME session (and not starting PulseAudio in system), for example, just switch to a console after boot. I believe this bug is not a gst-mixer bug. thanks
After upgrading my system a few times, everything seems to work. So I'm closing the bug as INCOMPLETE, since I have no idea on how to recreate this. I hope this is the correct action. If someone were to run across this bug, or if it resurfaces, I'm attaching my PulseAudio, Gstreamer and gnome-media versions for the working system. dpkg -l | grep gnome-media ii gnome-media 2.24.0.1-3 GNOME media utilities ii gnome-media-common 2.24.0.1-3 GNOME media utilities - common files ii libgnome-media0 2.24.0.1-3 runtime libraries for the GNOME media utilities ii libpulse-browse0 0.9.15-2 PulseAudio client libraries (zeroconf support) ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 0.9.15-2 PulseAudio client libraries (glib support) ii libpulse0 0.9.15-2 PulseAudio client libraries ii libpulsecore9 0.9.14-2 PulseAudio sound server core ii padevchooser 0.9.3-2 PulseAudio Device Chooser ii paman 0.9.4-1 PulseAudio Manager ii paprefs 0.9.6-2 PulseAudio Preferences ii pavucontrol 0.9.8-1 PulseAudio Volume Control ii pavumeter 0.9.3-1 PulseAudio Volume Meter ii pulseaudio 0.9.15-2 PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-esound-compat 0.9.15-2 PulseAudio ESD compatibility layer ii pulseaudio-module-gconf 0.9.15-2 GConf module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-hal 0.9.15-2 HAL device detection module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-x11 0.9.15-2 X11 module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 0.9.15-2 Zeroconf module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-utils 0.9.15-2 Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.23-2 GStreamer plugin for ALSA ii gstreamer0.10-esd 0.10.15-1 GStreamer plugin for ESD ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.7-1 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.23-2 GStreamer plugin for GnomeVFS ii gstreamer0.10-lame 0.10.10-0.0 GStreamer lame plugins ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.10.3-1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.23-2 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-dbg 0.10.23-2 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.15-1 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-dbg 0.10.15-1 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.11-1 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-dbg 0.10.11-1 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio 0.10.15-1 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio ii gstreamer0.10-tools 0.10.23-1 Tools for use with GStreamer ii gstreamer0.10-x 0.10.23-2 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 0.10.23-2 GStreamer libraries from the "base" set ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.23-1 Core GStreamer libraries and elements ii libgstreamer0.10-0-dbg 0.10.23-1 Core GStreamer libraries and elements ii python-gst0.10 0.10.15-1 generic media-playing framework (Python bindings) ii totem-gstreamer 2.26.2-1 A simple media player for the GNOME desktop based on GS ii rhythmbox 0.12.0-2 music player and organizer for GNOME
Okay. This bug came back, so I looked at the output of alsamixer without logging into GNOME (GDM comes up automatically). The volume was muted and set to 3. Let me know if I should reopen, or file a bug for a different component. Another thing that happens, and please tell me if I should open a different bug: I start running xine (run xine dvd:// in terminal), and all the volumes are set to zero.
Since the bug came back, and GDM comes up automatically, I switched to a console after booting. alsamixer tells me the volume is muted and set to 3. Is this a PulseAudio bug or not? How can I find out?
It's a bug in your distribution. File a bug with them, nothing to do with gnome-media.