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Michał Górny posted on Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:25:54 +0200 as excerpted: |
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> # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (28 Aug 2017) |
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> # Alike xfce4-mixer, relies on gstreamer:0.10 (gstreamer:1.0 removed |
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> # mixer wrappers). Last commit upstream in 2014. PulseAudio users |
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> # can switch to xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin |
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> # or xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed-pulse. |
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> # Removal in 30 days. Bug #629212. |
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> xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed |
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OK, you singled out pulseaudio users when you mentioned an alternative. |
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What about non-pulseaudio users? |
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Seems to me that message could be made better for them regardless of |
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whether there's a non-pulseaudio alternative or not. If so, listing |
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it/them would of course be useful. |
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If there's no non-pulseaudio alternative, I'd suggest explaining why, |
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something like this, depending on the reason: |
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# Xfce now requires pulseaudio so there's no non-pulseaudio alternative |
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# other than switching away from xfce on upgrade. Sorry. |
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Or: |
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# No xfce/gtk-based non-pulseaudio alternative known. This masking |
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# message may be updated with alternatives should any be suggested. |
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Or: |
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# No xfce-based non-pulseaudio alternative available. Suggested |
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# non-xfce alternatives include <whatever> |
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Meanwhile, at a minimum, usage of alsamixer in a terminal window |
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might be suggested. Something like: |
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# In the absence of other alternatives the ncurses-based alsamixer |
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# from media-sound/alsa-utils may be used in a terminal window. |
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I'm on kde here, but sometimes use alsamixer if kmix isn't working |
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(I'm on live-git-kde after all) or is "working" but I'm not getting |
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the expected results or I simply want a different visual presentation. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |