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gnome-applets package

mixer applet does not open

Bug #87987 reported by Jan Groenewald on 2007-02-26

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-applets (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-volume-manager

On Feisty:

jan@dikkop:~$groups
sysadm adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin scanner admin impronet
(which I get from /etc/security/group.conf and /etc/pam.d/common-auth)

Yet gnome-volume-manager, the icon in the panel ahs a red cross on it as when you do not have permissions.

jan@dikkop:~$ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Feb 22 15:20 /dev/dsp
0 jan@dikkop:~$ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 12 Feb 22 15:20 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Feb 22 15:20 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 11 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 9 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D3c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D4p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Feb 22 15:20 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Feb 22 15:20 timer
0 jan@dikkop:~$ls -l /dev/audio
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Feb 22 15:20 /dev/audio

When I click to open gnome-volume-manager I get a dialog box saying: "No volume conrtol GStreamer plugins and/or devices found."

When I run it from the command line nothing happens.

gnome-volume-control starts OK from the command line. Everything looks OK there.

Rhythmbox plays an ogg file, volume seems to be on there, but no sound.

jan@dikkop:~$ps ax|grep esd
1741 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep --color esd
6771 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 1 -spawnfd 25
6772 ? S 1:37 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 1 -spawnfd 25

This sound worked perfectly on dapper and edgy:
jan@dikkop:~$lspci|grep au
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

jan@dikkop:~$cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.14rc1 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux dikkop 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Intel ICH5 with AD1981B at 0xfeb7fa00, irq 20
AKM AK5370 at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed

Audio devices:
0: Intel ICH5 (DUPLEX)
1: USB Audio

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1981B
1: USB Mixer

jan@dikkop:~$dmesg |grep -i ich
[ 0.088210] PCI quirk: region 0800-087f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
[ 0.088214] PCI quirk: region 0880-08bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
[ 4.001287] ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
[ 4.001310] ICH5: chipset revision 2
[ 4.001312] ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[ 6.217925] ICH5-SATA: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.2
[ 6.217951] ICH5-SATA: chipset revision 2
[ 6.217957] ICH5-SATA: 100% native mode on irq 18
[ 6.217963] ICH5-SATA: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)

cheers,
Jan

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Jan Groenewald (jan-aims) wrote on 2007-02-26:

Sorry, I left out the important part.
Totem-gstreamer is installed.
Totem does play with proper sound, no errors,
the Ubuntu sax ;)

(Rhythmbox does not).

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2007-02-27:

Thank you for your bug. What audiosink is configured to gstreamer-properties? Could you remove the applet from your panel, run /usr/lib/gnome-applets/mixer_applet2 from a command line, add the applet to the panel (it will use the instance waiting on the command line), and note if there is any error printed?

Changed in gnome-applets:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Unconfirmed → Needs Info

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Jan Groenewald (jan-aims) wrote on 2007-02-28: Re: [Bug 87987] Re: mixer applet does not open

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 04:19:57PM -0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thank you for your bug. What audiosink is configured to gstreamer-
> properties?

Default Output: Autodetect. The test produces a beep. The beep is there
when I change that to any of ALSA, ESD, OSS, Custom (osssink).

> Could you remove the applet from your panel, run /usr/lib
> /gnome-applets/mixer_applet2 from a command line, add the applet to the
> panel (it will use the instance waiting on the command line), and note
> if there is any error printed?

No (just locales)

   jan@dikkop:~$/usr/lib/gnome-applets/mixer_applet2
   (mixer_applet2:30587): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
    Using the fallback 'C' locale.
   (mixer_applet2:30587): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
   (gnome-volume-control:30605): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
    Using the fallback 'C' locale.
   (gnome-volume-control:30605): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

It seems above the applet added from the GUI, right click on panel,
add "volume control", is not mixer_applet2? This test produced an applet
that was working fine, didn't show any errors, no red cross, and it
opens a volume control when one clicks on it, which seems to work.

When I removed this from the panel he command line instance stopped.

Then I added again, without a command line instance running. It has the red
cross again. The first time I click it, it says:

The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu.

Thereafter (once I closed that) it is back to the original error from
a feisty install (btw, another machine, edgy dist-upgrade to feisty, does
not do this).

"No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found"

regards,
Jan
--
   .~.
   /V\ Jan Groenewald
  /( )\ www.aims.ac.za
  ^^-^^

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 04:19:57PM -0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thank you for your bug. What audiosink is configured to gstreamer-
> properties?

Default Output: Autodetect. The test produces a beep. The beep is there
when I change that to any of ALSA, ESD, OSS, Custom (osssink).

No (just locales)

jan@dikkop:~$/usr/lib/gnome-applets/mixer_applet2 
   (mixer_applet2:30587): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
	   Using the fallback 'C' locale.
   (mixer_applet2:30587): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
   (gnome-volume-control:30605): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
	   Using the fallback 'C' locale.
   (gnome-volume-control:30605): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

It seems above the applet added from the GUI, right click on panel,
add "volume control", is not mixer_applet2? This test produced an applet 
that was working fine, didn't show any errors, no red cross, and it 
opens a volume control when one clicks on it, which seems to work.

When I removed this from the panel he command line instance stopped.

Then I added again, without a command line instance running. It has the red 
cross again. The first time I click it, it says:

The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu.

Thereafter (once I closed that) it is back to the original error from
a feisty install (btw, another machine, edgy dist-upgrade to feisty, does 
not do this).

"No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found"

regards,
Jan
-- 
   .~.
   /V\     Jan Groenewald
  /( )\    www.aims.ac.za
  ^^-^^

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Jan Groenewald (jan-aims) wrote on 2007-02-28:

After a dist-upgrade and reboot today the problem is gone.

Jan

--
   .~.
   /V\ Jan Groenewald
  /( )\ www.aims.ac.za
  ^^-^^

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2007-02-28:

Thank you for the update, marking fixed then

Changed in gnome-applets:
status:	Needs Info → Fix Released

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