Bug 174030 - Volume shortcut keys only control default device
Summary: Volume shortcut keys only control default device
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: GNOME (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 2
Hardware: i686 SuSE Linux 10.1
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: Alpha 0
Assignee: E-mail List
QA Contact: E-mail List
URL: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cg...
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Keywords: should_go_upstream
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Reported: 2006-05-09 18:27 UTC by Chase Stephens
Modified: 2008-08-15 14:16 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Chase Stephens 2006-05-09 18:27:17 UTC 
When installed on the Sony Vaio FGN series, the volume control's default channel is "Headphones." After changing the volume control to use "Front," which is the main channel on the HDA Intel sound card, the shortcut keys still control "Headphones."
Comment 1 JP Rosevear 2007-02-09 21:28:27 UTC 
Timo, do you know what the story is here now with the new OSD stuff?
Comment 2 Timo Hoenig 2007-03-12 13:28:32 UTC 
The OSD just reacts on the events (e.g. volume up/down, mute).  The report sounds like an GNOME mixer issue.
Comment 3 Martin Szulecki 2007-11-02 19:56:25 UTC 
Confirmed on 10.1.

Works on 10.3 if you use the "sound" control-center applet and even allows to select multiple tracks to be controlled with the volume keybinding.

Using the gnome-panel volume control applet however does not allow to set the mixer channel correctly.

The related gconf keys which are used in gnome-control-center are:
/desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_device
/desktop/gnome/sound/default_mixer_tracks

However, the mixer applet from gnome-applets writes:
/apps/panel/applets/applet_#/prefs/active-element
/apps/panel/applets/applet_#/prefs/active-track

Which is not "used" by the keybindings and causes user distraction.

Related to BGO:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395420 (OPEN: Panel Applet)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458016 (DUPL: Panel Applet
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173035 (FIXED: capplet)
Comment 4 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:10:27 UTC 
mass reopening of later+remind bugs of 11.0
Comment 5 JP Rosevear 2008-08-15 14:16:20 UTC 
Resolving as UPSTREAM.