Hi all!
In the last day or two (on Centos 7)the speaker icon in the Mate top
panel, which normally drops down to a volume control, has stopped working.
what does "stopped working" mean?
It means when I drop down the volume slider and slide it, it makes no
difference at all in the output volume.
if I right-click that icon, it'll open up "Sound Preferences",
which
appears to be the same as "Mate Volume Control". Within that program,
the input or output level slider DOES work.
I fired up alsactrl and it seems to work fine, and will also control
volume.
I dont have pavucontrol (or is it pavuctl) installed, so I don't
suppose it has gotten messed up.
Any clues?
thanks!
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:49:53 -0400 Fred Smith wrote:> Any clues?Is it possible that the Connector setting under the Output tab is wrong? The volume control might be controlling the volume on an unused output. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 05:02:55PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:> On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:49:53 -0400 > Fred Smith wrote: > > > Any clues? > > Is it possible that the Connector setting under the Output tab is wrong? The volume control might be controlling the volume on an unused output.Well, I don't think so... there are only two choices there, Headphones and Line Out. Headphones kinda makes sense, since the green jack on the back of the computer is where the amplifier/speakers are connected. It has been this way for the life of this computer (2-3 years). Choosing LIne Out immediately cuts off the audio entirely. the "device" option has two devices, built-in analog audio, or the nvidia HDMI jack. since I don't use the nvidia hdmi for audio output, I leave it on the built-in analog audio. I know it was working as recently as yesterday, because I was listening to an audiobook on the Internet Archive last evening. I also tried to post on the Mate forums, but they seem to be closed, i.e., not accepting any new postings. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------