Hi all!
In the last day or two (on Centos 7)the speaker icon in the Mate top panel, which normally drops down to a volume control, has stopped working.
what does "stopped working" mean?
It means when I drop down the volume slider and slide it, it makes no difference at all in the output volume.
if I right-click that icon, it'll open up "Sound Preferences", which appears to be the same as "Mate Volume Control". Within that program, the input or output level slider DOES work.
I fired up alsactrl and it seems to work fine, and will also control volume.
I dont have pavucontrol (or is it pavuctl) installed, so I don't suppose it has gotten messed up.
Any clues?
thanks!
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:49:53 -0400 Fred Smith wrote:
Any clues?
Is it possible that the Connector setting under the Output tab is wrong? The volume control might be controlling the volume on an unused output.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 05:02:55PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:49:53 -0400 Fred Smith wrote:
Any clues?
Is it possible that the Connector setting under the Output tab is wrong? The volume control might be controlling the volume on an unused output.
Well, I don't think so...
there are only two choices there, Headphones and Line Out. Headphones kinda makes sense, since the green jack on the back of the computer is where the amplifier/speakers are connected. It has been this way for the life of this computer (2-3 years).
Choosing LIne Out immediately cuts off the audio entirely.
the "device" option has two devices, built-in analog audio, or the nvidia HDMI jack. since I don't use the nvidia hdmi for audio output, I leave it on the built-in analog audio.
I know it was working as recently as yesterday, because I was listening to an audiobook on the Internet Archive last evening.
I also tried to post on the Mate forums, but they seem to be closed, i.e., not accepting any new postings.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 09:18:01PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 05:02:55PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:49:53 -0400 Fred Smith wrote:
Any clues?
I still haven't any clues, but now the volume control is working.
I did a reboot this afternoon, after which it worked. Weird thing is, I had rebooted yesterday before sending the original posting, and it made no difference at all.
Go figure!
Thanks for your attention! :(
Fred
Is it possible that the Connector setting under the Output tab is wrong? The volume control might be controlling the volume on an unused output.
Well, I don't think so...
there are only two choices there, Headphones and Line Out. Headphones kinda makes sense, since the green jack on the back of the computer is where the amplifier/speakers are connected. It has been this way for the life of this computer (2-3 years).
Choosing LIne Out immediately cuts off the audio entirely.
the "device" option has two devices, built-in analog audio, or the nvidia HDMI jack. since I don't use the nvidia hdmi for audio output, I leave it on the built-in analog audio.
I know it was working as recently as yesterday, because I was listening to an audiobook on the Internet Archive last evening.
I also tried to post on the Mate forums, but they seem to be closed, i.e., not accepting any new postings.
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