Re: 3. Attempt: Panel volume control no longer working after 2.6->2.8

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn ant uni-bremen de>]

Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
> It you have tried to search the list, then you would have found a 
> solution..!
>
> Try running gst-register-0.8 as root... (and log out and in again..)

Thanks for your help. It works.
But it seems i have to do this after every reboot, is that normal?

--Heinrich
> BTJ
>
> Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am posting this for the third time now.
> > Does nobody else have this problem?
> > Do you need any more information?
> >
> >
> > after my upgrade from 2.6 to 2.8.0 the volume control in the panel does
> > no longer work. If i operate the slider, it immediately snaps back to
> > zero when released. If i select "Open volume control" i get "Sorry, no
> > mixer elements and/or devices found". Permissions on /dev/snd and
> > /dev/sound are ok:
> >
> > rebehn bremerhaven [~]: ls -l /dev/snd /dev/sound
> > /dev/snd:
> > total 0
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116,  0 Jan  1  1970 controlC0
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 24 Jan  1  1970 pcmC0D0c
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 16 Jan  1  1970 pcmC0D0p
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 25 Jan  1  1970 pcmC0D1c
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 26 Jan  1  1970 pcmC0D2c
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 27 Jan  1  1970 pcmC0D3c
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 20 Jan  1  1970 pcmC0D4p
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 116, 33 Jan  1  1970 timer
> >
> > /dev/sound:
> > total 0
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 14, 12 Jan  1  1970 adsp
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 14,  4 Jan  1  1970 audio
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 14,  3 Jan  1  1970 dsp
> > crw-------  1 rebehn root 14,  0 Jan  1  1970 mixer
> > rebehn bremerhaven [~]:
> >
> > Also, alsamixer works fine and i can play mp3 files with xmms.
> >
> > Any ideas?


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Heinrich Rebehn

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