Bug 466190

Summary:	Audio notification sounds level initial default is 0%
Product:	[Plasma] plasma-pa	Reporter:	Barry Jackson <zen25000>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, fuhejidianfanguo, jjaruszewski, me, nate, nowrep, postix, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.26.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425974
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Barry Jackson 2023-02-21 10:25:51 UTC

In a clean fresh installation the Systemsettings -> Audio -> Notifications volume level is 0% so new users hear no start - up sound or other notification sounds.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install a clean Mageia 9 Plasma system
2. Reboot
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
No start-up sound is heard
SystemSettings -> Audio -> Notification Sounds is set to 0%

EXPECTED RESULT
Initial default setting should be 50% and system sounds sounds should be audible by default.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Mageia 9 Kernel 6.1.12 Desktop
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.102.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7

Comment 1 Patrick Silva 2023-02-21 17:57:32 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 425974 ***

Comment 2 Barry Jackson 2023-02-22 15:39:50 UTC

This bug is about the default level being set as 0% which makes audio notifications inaudible in new installations.
This is not what https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425974 is about.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-02-22 18:16:10 UTC

Weird, seems like the opposite problem from what's reported in Bug 425974. In that bug, it's 0% but plays anyway. In this one, it's 0% but doesn't play.

So it seems like right now for you, the setting is being honored, but the setting's initial value is bad.

Comment 4 Barry Jackson 2023-02-22 22:30:23 UTC

Yes exactly.
I have been testing lots of new Mageia 9 installations (which has just gone into version freeze). Always  as installed we have no sound notifications and the setting is always 0%. Increasing it fixes the problem. This is bad for new users who will probably never realize that the sounds even exist unless they go poking through sytemsettings, which many will never do.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-06-27 15:06:55 UTC

*** Bug 487119 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Harald Sitter 2024-08-13 15:32:16 UTC

Bug in pulseaudio I suppose. We don't initialize the notification stream so we have no control over its initial volume.