Bug 488875

Summary: Regression in audio device names
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Zastrix Arundell <zastrixarundell>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: 6.1.0   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: The device names are the same now
Alsamixer shows the name correctly
On KDE 6.0.5 it works correctly

Description Zastrix Arundell 2024-06-21 08:54:20 UTC
Created attachment 170732 [details]
The device names are the same now

SUMMARY
With plasma 6.1, the names for audio devices was changed. If an audio device has multiple audio inputs it doesn't differentiate anymore. 

For example I have a Scarlett Solo and on KDE 6.0.5 I could clearly see the audio input for my guitar / line-in and audio input for my microphone.

On KDE 6.1 it just shows Scarlett Solo USB and Scarlett Solo USB.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open audio devices via the tray
2. See that the audio devices are wrong

OBSERVED RESULT
It is not differentiated from another similar input on the same device.

EXPECTED RESULT
That it shows exactly the name of the device according to the input.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Kernel Version: 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Manufacturer: ASUS
Comment 1 Zastrix Arundell 2024-06-21 09:01:24 UTC
Created attachment 170734 [details]
Alsamixer shows the name correctly

Opening alsamixer it shows the correct line 1 and line 2 strings, so it's not something to do with the Kernel.
Comment 2 Zastrix Arundell 2024-06-21 09:09:47 UTC
Created attachment 170735 [details]
On KDE 6.0.5 it works correctly

I've just booted into my KDE 6.0.5 instance (thanks kinoite). As you can see, there correct names are displayed here. Here are the diffs between my boots: https://pastebin.com/raw/6UhTx0xX
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-06-25 23:31:02 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 487658 ***