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:	general	Assignee:	Christian Esken <esken>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	rafaelliu
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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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!