David Boles: >> I have had FC-3, FC-4, FC-5, FC6, and FC-7 all installed one after the >> other. At the same time I have always had rawhide (the development branch >> of Fedora) installed too. And my mixers/volume controls have all worked >> just fine. There is something screwy about the ALSA mixer controls available through gnome-volume-control. But whether it's the same for all hardware, or just some, I don't know. Since it does show different controls depending on some of your hardware's abilities, I'd say there probably is some interaction. Mine's a SiS SE7012, it shows all the volume sliders on a "playback" tab, has no "record" tab, and has just a "speaker" mute toggle button under the mic control. (Screengrab attached.) >> So I really think that your problems are either your hardware or Pebkac. >> Really. And if I had to bet I would bet on Pebkac. I wonder if Fedora would accept a pebkac man file for inclusion? ;-) Matthew Saltzman: > No, in this case (at least), Karl is really onto something. After some > update, my F7 GNOME volume control show only one tab, "Playback", and > Mic shows up there instead of on the "Capture" tab where it used to. > And I can't set the +20db boost for the mic or select which mic is live, > either. For me, those controls are available, but they need to be enabled through the volume control preferences. The +20 dB boost does work. The select does allow me to select/unselect the back panel mic, but the front panel mic socket works for either selection. There's another preference that gives a mic capture switch, though the toggle doesn't appear with the mic level control, but on another tab, and cannot be toggled off. I can capture sound from the mic whether the mic's speaker mute button is on or off (tried it using Audacity). I think there's some really silly design flaws in this incarnation. -- (This box runs FC7, my others still run FC 4, 5, 6, & CentOS 5.0, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
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