Bug 298347

Summary:	kmix forgets volume settings at startup or login after session restart
Product:	[Applications] kmix	Reporter:	apog <apogarte>
Component:	Backend: Pulseaudio	Assignee:	Colin Guthrie <colin>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	esken
Priority:	NOR
Version:	3.9
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian unstable
OS:	Linux
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Description apog 2012-04-18 10:47:11 UTC

after having trouble with kmix/pulseaudio and fixed it, i now have this issue :
i fix the volume cursor to a certain amount
i logout
i restart a session
volume is almost down to zero
if i adjust it, it works ok, but forgets its setting after  shutdown/logout

Linux boxee2 3.3-2.slh.2-aptosid-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 16 17:57:32 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

machine : dell vostro 3555
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller (rev 01)
no trouble with kubuntu 11.04 (Linux 2.6.38-14-generic)

thnks

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start kde either cold boot or login session
2.kmix main chanel is zero : adjust it to 65%
3.logout, login again : volume is set to 10% (more or less)


Expected Results:  
kept volume adjustments


Linux boxee2 3.3-2.slh.2-aptosid-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 16 17:57:32 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

machine : dell vostro 3555
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller (rev 01)

no trouble with kubuntu 11.04 (Linux 2.6.38-14-generic)

Comment 1 Christian Esken 2012-04-25 21:36:06 UTC

I think this might be the same issue as the one from bug 249180. I will not directly merge both bugs, but assign it over to the Pulseaudio backend maintainer, so he can either merge them, not merge them or give them back to me.

Comment 2 Colin Guthrie 2012-04-25 22:39:02 UTC

Yeah I think this is ultimately a dupe.

The issue was that kmixctl (a command line app) didn't recognise PulseAudio as running and thus "restored" volumes (normally if PulseAudio is detected, it should refuse to restore volumes - just like if the tick boxes were always turned off) Sadly, the volumes were *saved* from kmix (the GUI app) which DID detect PA properly and thus didn't ever save anything.

Thus kmixctl would always restore null or default volumes which have no relation to the previous volume.

This should now be fixed in kmix 4.8.3

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 249180 ***