XFCE audio mixer bug - R3.2rc3

[mfc]

Qubes OS version (e.g., R3.1):

R3.2 rc3 (upgraded from R3.3 rc2)

Affected TemplateVMs (e.g., fedora-23, if applicable):

XFCE / dom0 / Fedora-23

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Expected behavior:

if you reduce audio mixer volume to 0%, and then increase to some amount (say 25%, 50%, 100%), you will hear audio

Actual behavior / Steps to reproduce the behavior:

if you reduce audio mixer volume to 0%, and then increase to some amount (say 25%, 50%, 100%), you will not hear audio because the "Speaker" column will stay "muted" even though the other audio columns will go to "unmuted" as soon as the audio mixer goes over 0%.

General notes:

current solution is to right-click on audio mixer, select Run audio mixer, and unmute Speaker column.

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Related issues:

mentioned in qubes-users, confirmed locally: https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/1b2fcf0d-1825-4e4e-aa9e-2d67ee08a0a1%40googlegroups.com

[marmarek]

Same here. For a long time (3.0 at least). But you don't need to open
mixer app - middle-click on mixer applet is enough.

I think it may not be Qubes specific bug at all, but haven't looked if
upstream report for it exists.

Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
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[mfc]

But you don't need to open mixer app - middle-click on mixer applet is enough.

not for me, middle-click mutes/unmutes Master, but Speaker stays muted.

I think it may not be Qubes specific bug at all, but haven't looked if upstream report for it exists.

yep it is an upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8583

various mentions:
http://xfce.10915.n7.nabble.com/Problem-with-Sound-settings-td45048.html
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=115347
https://superuser.com/questions/388780/ubuntu-and-xfce-unmute-sound/620671

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package garcon-0.4.0-4.fc23 has been pushed to the r3.2 testing repository for dom0.
To test this update, please install it with the following command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing

Changes included in this update

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

The package garcon-0.4.0-4.fc23 has been pushed to the r3.2 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

Or update dom0 via Qubes Manager.

Changes included in this update