On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:43 AM Steve Evans <gentoo-u...@gorbag.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 1 May 2020 09:34:56 -0700 > Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > <SNIP> > > QUESTION: I'm curious as to whether your Gentoo and my Kubuntu > > systemsettings are more similar. Did adding the pulseaudio flag > > create the Sound->Multimedia section with an 'Audio volume' area? If > > so that area, if working like mine, would show where you can send > > sound, allow you to enable/disable individual devices and set > > relative volumes, etc. Also, did it build pavucontrol or some version > > of it? If so that app is almost identical to my Multimedia section > > but adds VU meters so you can watch multiple apps generating audio, > > etc. I find it helpful when things don't go exactly as I expected. > > > > On my Gentoo system the KDE System Settings->Multimedia used to have > the device priority section, but no longer does. However a search found > another application called "Phonon Audio and Video" which displays the > device priority. So maybe it has been moved from the System Settings in > a recent version of KDE. This is with Plasma version 5.17.5. > > Further investigation reveals that Kmix has an option "Audio Setup..." > that does nothing, but examining xorg-session.log it outputs the error > > Could not find module 'kcm_phonon'. See kcmshell5 --list for the > full list of modules. > > which suggests a bug where either kcm_phonon should exist or kmix > should not use it. > > Steve
I guess I'd better get ready for some changes then. My desktop is Kubuntu 19.10, the laptop is Kubuntu 18.04 LTS. They both have the 3 tabs (device, applications, advanced) which I'm very used to. There's a new Kubuntu 20.?? LTS out but I'm giving it a few weeks before I upgrade. It will be interesting (to me anyway) as to whether this is a KDE driven arrangement or possibly chosen by the distro. I'll report back when I know. Assuming pavucontrol doesn't disappear we still have that. Still love Gentoo and would certainly consider running it again if I was to buy a new PC but on my older machines it was just too much time trying to keep up with packages changing every day. After maybe 14-15 years I ran out of energy doing this on 4 machines at home. Binary-stable distros have their place. Thanks for the info! Cheers, Mark
