That the typical alert is "far too brief a tone to control" its volume does not necessarily mean that it "should have a permanent control in the panel". That problem could be fixed by following the spec: the volume controls should control alert volume whenever none of an alarm, phone call, or media are playing -- that is, most of the time. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sound#primary-output> Anyway, that seems to be separate from the two bugs in the bug description.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396986 Title: System Settings > Sound > Ringer volume - only changes ringer volume when no other sounds playing Status in The Avila project: Invalid Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu UX: New Status in indicator-sound package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Version: ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed r169 krillin System Settings > Sound > Ringer volume is always active and always labelled ringer, however it only changes the ringer volume if no other sound is currently playing on the system. Controlling the currently active audio function is as designed for normal volume keys etc. but if the slider is going to have a particular function labelled then made it should only change the level for that audio function. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/avila/+bug/1396986/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
