Volume keys does not always produce a sound

Bug #1870958 reported by Hadrien
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I press a keyboard sound volume key to increase or decrease the volume, I normally hear a beep.

On Ubuntu 18.04, I had a sound for every increase/decrease of the volume. On Ubuntu 20.04 Development Release, sometimes there is no beep, especially when you press these keys multiple times with a period less than one second.

This new behavior is annoying because the beep adds value to indicate to the user how loud/quiet is the current volume setting.

I think the bug is independent of the Sound them. I tested with Yaru and Ubuntu sound theme.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.36.0-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 5 18:50:08 2020
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-07 (729 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180403)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.0-2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-04 (0 days ago)

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Hadrien (psydk) wrote :
affects: ubuntu → gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Hadrien (psydk) wrote :
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Hadrien (psydk) wrote :

Sometimes the beep does not even play, even when the computer is silent. Maybe it is when an silent audio stream is open.

Related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues/511

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue has been fixed in gnome-shell 3.36.1 (for indicator scrolling) and g-s-d git

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: added: fixed-in-3.36.1 fixed-upstream
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 3.36.1-4ubuntu1

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gnome-shell (3.36.1-4ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium

  * Merge with debian, with new upstream releases and cherry-picked fixes:
    - Lockscreen password field is stretched on enter (LP: #1869916)
    - Downscaled lockscreen background with fractional scaling (LP: #1866851)
    - Volume keys doesn't always produce a sound (LP: #1870958)
    - Shell crashes when using show-apps button in dock (LP: #1868659)
    - App folders improvements
    - Don't load app infos in the main thread
  * debian/patches:
    - Refreshed
  * d/p/ubuntu/desktop_detect.patch:
    - No need to include desktop.js into the prefs gresources anymore
  * Remaining changes with debian:
    - Replace gnome-backgrounds dep with ubuntu-wallpapers and Suggests
      gnome-themes-standard-data, gnome-backgrounds
    - Add some Recommends:
      + ubuntu-session (| gnome-session) to have the ubuntu session available
      + xserver-xorg-legacy
      + yaru-theme-gnome-shell for the default ubuntu theming
    - Update debian/gbp.conf with Ubuntu settings
    - gnome-shell-common.prerm: Remove deprecated ubuntu theme alternative
    - ubuntu/desktop_detect.patch:
      + add caching for desktop detection to avoid querying the current
        desktop env variable as iterate through the list each time. For the
        time of the Shell process, we can expect this env variable to stay
        stable.
    - ubuntu/smarter_alt_tab.patch:
      + quick alt-tab (without showing up the switcher) switch only between
        the last window of the last 2 applications to be focused instead of
        raising all windows of those apps.
    - ubuntu/lightdm-user-switching.patch:
      + Allow user switching when using LightDM.
    - ubuntu/lock_on_suspend.patch
      + Respect Ubuntu's lock-on-suspend setting.
    - ubuntu/background_login.patch
      + Change default background color as we modified the default GDM color
        for our ubuntu session.
    - ubuntu/gdm_alternatives.patch
      + Add support for GDM3 theme alternatives
    - optional-hot-corner.patch
      + enable patch proposed by upstream developer already in package (but
        not in series) to add a settings for optional hot corner activation.
    - main-show-an-error-message-on-gnome-shell-crash.patch,
      global-make-possible-to-set-debug-flags-dynamically.patch,
      main-increase-the-granularity-of-backtraces-in-SHELL_DEBU.patch,
      main-add-backtrace-crashes-all-and-backtrace-all.patch,
      sessionMode-add-support-for-debugFlags-parameter.patch:
      + Improve debug JS tracing for crash reports
    - st-scroll-view-Handle-the-case-where-scrollbars-are-NULL.patch:
      + Fix crash on theme changes
    - ubuntu/search-call-XUbuntuCancel-method-on-providers-when-no-dat.patch:
      + stop searches when requested from UI
    - magnifier-Show-cursor-when-magnifier-is-enabled-and-scale.patch:
      + Show monitor scaled cursor when magnifier is enabled
    - Break gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (<< 19.01.3+git20190814)

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * d/p/ubuntu/keep-ubuntu-logo-bright-lp1867133-v1.patch:
     Stop the Ubuntu logo f...

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Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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