[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
It's fixed in version 3.35. Sadly Ubuntu 19.10 and older will not get the update. On Ubuntu 20.04 or newer you can change step like this: dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/volume-step 2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
This is an open issue on the project's GitLab: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues/474 Still not sure it's getting any attention :( Would really like this feature. ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues #474 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues/474 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
I have the same problems as the previous two posters. Also it seems that the old workaround of using this PPA https://launchpad.net/~george- edison55/+archive/ubuntu/gnome-settings-daemon no longer seems to work. Can we get a heads-up? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
Currently running 17.10 and kernel 4.13.0-32-generic, but not seeing any changes from the bug fix. Does anyone know when this fix will actually get rolled into a package release? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
How does one use this new feature? Tried to find instructions for it but found nothing. Is it still a dconf setting? If so, where is it located? The same one that Nathan's patch used does not yield any difference in volume steps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
Now that the bug's fixed on upstream GNOME, it'll eventually make it into Ubuntu's GNOME. And since Unity 7's discontinued, no point in backporting unless for the last LTS running Unity (16.04). In my opinion, the bug's effectively fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
"@๐ฉ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ *๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?*" @khurshid-alam Sorry for the late reply, but Launchpad doesn't have text formatting yet. I just use a unicode encoder as a workround. ๐ For eg, try http://qaz.wtf/u/convert.cgi?text=khurshid-alam -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chanchur Bansal (chanchurbansal) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
Still not fixed in 16.04. I just upgraded from Debian wheezy where one nudge of the scroll wheel changed the alsamixer control by a consistent 5dB. This was bad already, because 5dB is too coarse. It feels like a compromise between those who want to use the scroll wheel for fine volume adjustments (which would require a step no larger than 2dB) and those who want to use it as a mute button (see Bug #551725). Unfortunately this compromise benefits nobody, because it falls in between the only two sensible use cases. The slider behavior in Xenial is worse. The amplitude follows what appears to be a quadratic function. This feels like someone lacking proper knowledge about audio had a go at fixing the previous volume slider that, being a bad compromise, didn't work for anyone. Step size varies depending on the slider position. I use sensitive earphones that are already quite loud with the slider near the leftmost position, where step sizes are about 8dB, which is awful. Anyone touching code that involves audio, should perhaps first read my rant about software volume controls: http://www.dr-lex.be/info-stuff/volumecontrols.html The position of the slider should map linearly to dB values, or in other words the volume multiplication factor must be an exponential function of slider position. It _will_ be unavoidable that for some users the slider will either have a โdead zoneโ or a โtoo loudโ zone, because the maximum loudness of connected loudspeakers or headphones can vary wildly. Any interface that changes the volume by discrete increments like volume keys or the scroll wheel, must use fixed dB steps, in other words a fixed multiplication factor for linear amplitude. A good size for this step is 2 dB. To cater for those who only want to use the volume keys or scroll wheel to quickly make huge volume adjustments, the step size should indeed be configurable as this bug suggests. A drop-down menu with values of 1dB, 2dB, 3dB, and 6dB would be sufficient. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
+1 Canonical please add this function on Unity!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
@darkxst > First I see reports (mostly in the upstream report) that people are getting 10-30% steps in volume instead of the defined 6%. That is clearly a bug.. VOLUME_STEP is defined as 6. It doesn't mean that it will increase by 6% every-time for all hardware. NORM_VOL_STEP is defined as "norm_vol_step = PA_VOLUME_NORM * vol_step / 100;" @hexcube How did you manage to format text like that? Has launchpad started supporting *text formatting?* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Tags added: xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
"...just attached the patch done by Nathan Osman" I didn't create the patch either, though I did need to tweak it a bit to fix some compilation errors. "First I see reports (mostly in the upstream report) that people are getting 10-30% steps in volume instead of the defined 6%." I know this isn't going to carry a lot of weight but I've been running the modified package on my desktop for a couple weeks now and it has worked flawlessly. Volume always changes by the percentage I choose. One important question worth answering is whether the users observing the 10-30% jump modified the value from its default. If users leave the setting at its default value, is behavior any different? If not, then the issue only affects those who change the setting - users who are likely willing to accept the issues anyway. "Second using a linear scale for a volume slider is really not ideal, pulse audio uses a cubic scale to define volume, but from a quick glance at the source code it may be that g-s-d is plugging linear values into these structures." The patch doesn't change the expression used for calculating norm_vol_step. It merely replaces VOLUME_STEP with the value from the new setting. I've linked my branch containing the patch and uploaded a Xenial build of gnome-settings-daemon to the PPA mentioned in my earlier message with the same patch. If the patch is accepted and merged, I will do the same thing for unity-settings-daemon - but I don't want to take the time to do that now if there isn't any chance of this getting accepted. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
Oops - I meant to write "If so" instead of "If not" in the fourth paragraph of the last message. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Branch linked: lp:~george-edison55/gnome-settings-daemon/871133 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
@darkxst "๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ" . Well, I didn't do the patch, just attached the patch done by Nathan Osman (https://launchpad.net/~george-edison55 ). So, it's Nathan who deserves the thanks for working on a fix. ๐ "๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ (๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ญ)". Nathan's PPA (https://launchpad.net/~george-edison55/+archive/ubuntu/gnome-settings- daemon ) contains patched ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐-๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ-๐๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง and ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ- ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง for 14.04LTS, 15.04 and 15.10 currently. I've requested Nathan to do a port for 16.04 "๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ญ". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Changed in: unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Milestone: None => xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
HEXcube, thanks for taking the time to attaching the patch, however for a fix to be backported into the stable releases it must land in the current development release (Xenial) first. However that said, I mostly agree with upstream here and would not want to see it incorporated into ubuntu except as a last resort, it really is just a hidden magic button that glosses over potentially real bugs. First I see reports (mostly in the upstream report) that people are getting 10-30% steps in volume instead of the defined 6%. That is clearly a bug, and should be fixed first since it is really unclear how much that is contributing to the reported issues. Second using a linear scale for a volume slider is really not ideal, pulse audio uses a cubic scale to define volume, but from a quick glance at the source code it may be that g-s-d is plugging linear values into these structures. IF that is indeed true, then it is also going to mess up the actual steps, of the actual audio volume. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
The attachment "Add Volume Step setting for gnome-settings-daemon v3.16.3" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team. [This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 871133] Re: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops
I'm attaching the @george-edison55 (Nathan Osman)'s patch to fix the bug here. It's from Nathan Osman's PPA ppa:george-edison55/gnome-settings- daemon - https://launchpad.net/~george-edison55/+archive/ubuntu/gnome- settings-daemon . The PPA contains bugfixed gnome-settings-daemon and unity-settings-daemon packages for Ubuntu 14.04LTS, 15.04 and 15.10. The patch attached here is for gnome-settings-daemon v3.16.3 in Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf". ** Patch added: "Add Volume Step setting for gnome-settings-daemon v3.16.3" https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+attachment/4528723/+files/add_volume-step_setting.patch ** Tags removed: oneiric running-unity ** Tags added: gnome3 trusty wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
