Debian Bug report logs - #539579
alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot

Package: alsa-utils; Maintainer for alsa-utils is Debian ALSA Maintainers <[email protected]>; Source for alsa-utils is src:alsa-utils (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: [email protected]

Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Merged with 544237

Forwarded to http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/572

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From: Julien Valroff <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:09:21 +0200
Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.20-2
Severity: normal

Hi,

The master channel is muted after each boot and its level is set to 0.

I have edited the init script to remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels()
and things work ok now.
I am not sure this is the best thing to do.

I have an HDA intel card.

Not sure what other information would be useful, please do not hesitate to
ask for futher details.

Cheers,
Julien

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  libasound2                1.0.20-3       shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libc6                     2.9-23         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090613-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  linux-sound-base          1.0.20+dfsg-1  base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsb-base                  3.2-23         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  module-init-tools         3.9-2          tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  whiptail                  0.52.10-4      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends:
ii  alsa-base                  1.0.20+dfsg-1 ALSA driver configuration files
ii  pciutils                   1:3.1.3-1     Linux PCI Utilities

alsa-utils suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information






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From: Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]>
To: Julien Valroff <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#539579: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:38:36 +0200
* Julien Valroff [090802 08:09 +0200]
> Package: alsa-utils
> Version: 1.0.20-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The master channel is muted after each boot and its level is set to 0.
> 
> I have edited the init script to remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels()
> and things work ok now.
> I am not sure this is the best thing to do.
> 
> I have an HDA intel card.
> 
> Not sure what other information would be useful, please do not hesitate to
> ask for futher details.

How are the settings after

# /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset
# alsactl store
# /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart

?

Elimar
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  patting yourself on the back.




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Acknowledgement sent to Julien Valroff <[email protected]>:
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Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Valroff <[email protected]>
To: Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#539579: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:40:00 +0200
Hi Elimar,

Le jeudi 06 août 2009 à 19:38 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter a écrit :
> * Julien Valroff [090802 08:09 +0200]
> > Package: alsa-utils
> > Version: 1.0.20-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The master channel is muted after each boot and its level is set to 0.
> > 
> > I have edited the init script to remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels()
> > and things work ok now.
> > I am not sure this is the best thing to do.
> > 
> > I have an HDA intel card.
> > 
> > Not sure what other information would be useful, please do not hesitate to
> > ask for futher details.
> 
> How are the settings after
> 
> # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset
The output is set to 30% (according to gnome-volume-control-applet

> # alsactl store
> # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart

When stopped, the channel is muted, and is reset to 30%

After reboot, the output is again set to 0%

Note this is a freshly instelled system (same sound hardware, just
changed the harddisk).

Cheers,
Julien





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Bug#539579; Package alsa-utils. (Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:24:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]>:
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Message #20 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]>
To: Julien Valroff <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#539579: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:22:09 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
* Julien Valroff [090807 21:40 +0200]
> Hi Elimar,
> 
> Le jeudi 06 août 2009 à 19:38 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter a écrit :
> > * Julien Valroff [090802 08:09 +0200]
> > > Package: alsa-utils
> > > Version: 1.0.20-2
> > > Severity: normal
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > The master channel is muted after each boot and its level is set to 0.
> > > 
> > > I have edited the init script to remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels()
> > > and things work ok now.
> > > I am not sure this is the best thing to do.
> > > 
> > > I have an HDA intel card.
> > > 
> > > Not sure what other information would be useful, please do not hesitate to
> > > ask for futher details.
> > 
> > How are the settings after
> > 
> > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset
> The output is set to 30% (according to gnome-volume-control-applet
> 
> > # alsactl store
> > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
> 
> When stopped, the channel is muted, and is reset to 30%
> 
> After reboot, the output is again set to 0%
> 
> Note this is a freshly instelled system (same sound hardware, just
> changed the harddisk).

Maybe pulseaudio is setting the main level at boottime? Check your
gnome sound setiings.

Elimar


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Message #25 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Valroff <[email protected]>
To: Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#539579: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:11:21 +0200
Le samedi 08 août 2009 à 16:22 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter a écrit :
> * Julien Valroff [090807 21:40 +0200]
> > Hi Elimar,
> > 
> > Le jeudi 06 août 2009 à 19:38 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter a écrit :
> > > * Julien Valroff [090802 08:09 +0200]
> > > > Package: alsa-utils
> > > > Version: 1.0.20-2
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > The master channel is muted after each boot and its level is set to 0.
> > > > 
> > > > I have edited the init script to remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels()
> > > > and things work ok now.
> > > > I am not sure this is the best thing to do.
> > > > 
> > > > I have an HDA intel card.
> > > > 
> > > > Not sure what other information would be useful, please do not hesitate to
> > > > ask for futher details.
> > > 
> > > How are the settings after
> > > 
> > > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset
> > The output is set to 30% (according to gnome-volume-control-applet
> > 
> > > # alsactl store
> > > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
> > 
> > When stopped, the channel is muted, and is reset to 30%
> > 
> > After reboot, the output is again set to 0%
> > 
> > Note this is a freshly instelled system (same sound hardware, just
> > changed the harddisk).
> 
> Maybe pulseaudio is setting the main level at boottime? Check your
> gnome sound setiings.

I don't think so, as there is no such option in pulseaudio I am aware
of.
More over, if I remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels() in alsa-utils
init script, sound level is ok after boot. The same happens if I
uninstall alsa-utils completely (I must say I do not really need it but
I do not understand what causes this odd behaviour)

Cheers,
Julien





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Bug#539579; Package alsa-utils. (Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:18:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Message #30 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Same problem...
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:54:00 +0200
Hi,

I have the same problem, on different computers.
They are all under Debian Sid with alsa-utils v1.0.20-2.
Kernel : 2.6.30-1-amd64.
Sound card : HDA Intel.

I'm ready to do tests ;-)

Thanks.

David.




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Message #35 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Valroff <[email protected]>
To: Elimar Riesebieter <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#539579: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:21:59 +0200
reassign 539579 gnome-media
thanks


Hi Elimar,

Le samedi 08 août 2009 à 18:11 +0200, Julien Valroff a écrit :
> Le samedi 08 août 2009 à 16:22 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter a écrit :
> > * Julien Valroff [090807 21:40 +0200]
> > > Hi Elimar,
> > > 
> > > Le jeudi 06 août 2009 à 19:38 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter a écrit :
> > > > * Julien Valroff [090802 08:09 +0200]
> > > > > Package: alsa-utils
> > > > > Version: 1.0.20-2
> > > > > Severity: normal
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > The master channel is muted after each boot and its level is set to 0.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have edited the init script to remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels()
> > > > > and things work ok now.
> > > > > I am not sure this is the best thing to do.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have an HDA intel card.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Not sure what other information would be useful, please do not hesitate to
> > > > > ask for futher details.
> > > > 
> > > > How are the settings after
> > > > 
> > > > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset
> > > The output is set to 30% (according to gnome-volume-control-applet
> > > 
> > > > # alsactl store
> > > > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
> > > 
> > > When stopped, the channel is muted, and is reset to 30%
> > > 
> > > After reboot, the output is again set to 0%
> > > 
> > > Note this is a freshly instelled system (same sound hardware, just
> > > changed the harddisk).
> > 
> > Maybe pulseaudio is setting the main level at boottime? Check your
> > gnome sound setiings.
> 
> I don't think so, as there is no such option in pulseaudio I am aware
> of.
> More over, if I remove all calls to mute_and_zero_levels() in alsa-utils
> init script, sound level is ok after boot. The same happens if I
> uninstall alsa-utils completely (I must say I do not really need it but
> I do not understand what causes this odd behaviour)

It seems you were right, as removing pulseaudio and using esound lead to
"solving" my issue.

I reassign this bug to gnome-media.

To gnome-media maintainer : when gnome-volume-control-applet is launched
on session start, my main volume channel is muted and its level set at
0%.
It does not happen when using "pure" esound (ie. removing pulseaudio
packages, which results in not starting the applet).
It also does not happen if I remove calls to mute_and_zero_levels() in
alsa-utils init script (which made me think the issue was in
alsa-utils).

It happens to different users (if you read French, see discussion on
[email protected] at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-french/2009/08/msg00707.html)

I wasn't sure if this bug should be re-assigned to pulseaudio or not,
but as I think the issue is with gnome-volume-control-applet, you might
be the best person to help me understand the issue).

Cheers,
Julien





Bug reassigned from package 'alsa-utils' to 'gnome-media'. Request was from Julien Valroff <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:36:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Bug No longer marked as found in versions alsa-utils/1.0.20-2. Request was from Julien Valroff <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:36:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package 'gnome-media' to 'pulseaudio'. Request was from Josselin Mouette <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:09:12 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Sven Arvidsson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], Julien Valroff <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#539579: alsa-utils: Master channel muted
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:52:45 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
merge 539579 544237
forwarded 539579 http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/572
thanks

Just a short FYI about the upstream bug report.

I have two systems running Debian unstable (with alsa-utils installed)
with Intel HDA hardware, but only one of them have this problem. 

The one without the bug is terminating the PA process after logging out
from gdm, but I'm not sure why this doesn't happen on both systems.

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Merged 539579 544237. Request was from Sven Arvidsson <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:57:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Set Bug forwarded-to-address to 'http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/572'. Request was from Sven Arvidsson <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:57:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Changed Bug submitter to '[email protected]' from 'Julien Valroff <[email protected]>' Request was from Julien Valroff <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:06:27 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added tag(s) confirmed. Request was from Daniel Chen <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package 'pulseaudio' to 'alsa-utils'. Request was from Daniel Chen <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:57:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Bug No longer marked as found in versions pulseaudio/0.9.16~test5-1. Request was from Daniel Chen <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:57:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Daniel Chen <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: alsa-utils: Master channel muted after each boot
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:54:32 -0500
tags 539579 + confirmed
reassign 539579 alsa-utils
thanks

This bug was originally and correctly reported against alsa-utils.
We're doing bad things with alsactl in the udev rule.




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