According to Sebastian Bacher's comment I have used a separate bug report for the Ubuntu sound issue.
** Summary changed: - Gnome Volume Control change device function has no effect + Gnome sound settings aren't connected and have no effect on Alsa ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: gnome-applets + If a system have more than one sound card it is very complicated to choose between one or another. To change from one card to another changes at four positions are needed. One of them in console. + I have a PCMCIA sound card (Audigy2 ZS Notebook) and an onboard Intel sound card. - Gnome Volume Control change device function has no effect. I have an - onboard Intel laptop sound card which works fine and a Audigy 2 ZS - Notebook which is connected through PCMCIA. If I start with the PCMCIA - inserted ALSA uses normally the Intel card for output but both are shown - under Gnome Volume Control\File\Change Device. If I choose the Audigy - nothing changes except the volume control tracks but they have no - effect. If I install a asoundconf-gtk the Intel card is still selected - as the default one. If I change the default card with asoundconf-gtk the - Audigy works as expected so Volume Control Change Device has no effect - on Alsa. + Under System - Preferences - Sound it is possible to choose a Device. I choose + the internal one and mixer PCM (for keyboard volume change). A standard user + would think that's it, now internal sound card is the default one but if I + double click on the volume applet in systray my external is still the default + one under Gnome Volume Control. So I change it under File - Change Device - to + internal. Now it should be OK but if I want to change volume through left click + on the systray volume applet symbol it is still the external mixer so I have to + click on the volume applet symbol with the right mouse button and choose + Preferences to set the sound card and mixer. + Now it should be Ok but if I play a sound file it is still routed through the + external since all these changes has no influence to asoundconf so I have to + run "asoundconf set-default-card Intel". + Now it is working after changing settings at four positions. And most of the + settings have to be changed again after switching sound card. + + Another point is that Gnome normally uses the first mixer of a sound card to + change volume which works sometimes but not always. If I change this it + remembers the configuration only for this configuration and sound card. If I + remove sound card, restart and plug it in it uses the first mixer device again. + So saving of the mixer configuration per sound card would be great. -- Gnome sound settings aren't connected and have no effect on Alsa https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123601 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for control-center in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
