Bug 306498

Summary: Volume controls stop working on headset plug-out: failback device for main channel missing.
Product: [Applications] kmix Reporter: Erik Boritsch <erik>
Component: generalAssignee: Christian Esken <esken>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: rafaelliu
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Erik Boritsch 2012-09-09 15:42:01 UTC
I plug my usb headset in and out frequently. I can select the headset as the main channel and control it using volume keys on my headset when plugged, but if I unplug it, volume control keys stop working and the tray icon shows white square with an "?". 

Pulseaudio's standard volume mixer has a fallback device option. I wonder how much effort would it be to implement such an option in kmix, e.g. when I plug my usb headset out, the main channel and the volume controls fall back to either the device I have specified (fallback checkbox on each sound device) or to some kind of default device.

The idea is that volume contols don't stop working if a headset is unplugged.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Christian Esken 2012-09-11 19:45:24 UTC
There is already a fallback implemented. KMix even shows a small popup to indicate the fallback. Strangely enough it does not seem to work for you.
I haven't myself tried it for some time, though - I'll try to test it once I get hold of a USB device.
Comment 2 Christian Esken 2012-11-10 16:24:35 UTC
*** Bug 303020 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Erik Boritsch 2014-10-30 21:14:28 UTC
Yes, it appears to have been fixed.
Thank you!