On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 01:02 -0400, Daniel T. Chen wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 15:49 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> > Should it not be possible to extract the smarts from mixer_applet and
> > put it into alsa-utils (or some other startup/shutdown script)?
>
> Not quite. "Extracting the smarts"
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 15:49 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> What I was trying to get at is that if I muted (or turned down) the
> volume, when I boot up, it should be at that level before gdm pops up.
That is the effect of the current scheme and not the proposed. The
effect of the proposed one wo
On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 15:25 -0400, Daniel T. Chen wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 08:32 -0700, Michael R. Head wrote:
> > My feeling is that levels
> > should be restored before gdm beats its drums (this is particularly
> > needful for the "laptops in meetings" case). Further, requiring users to
> >
[Apologies for the delay; I've moved the past few days.]
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 12:21 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> I'm not sure this alleviates number 4 - surely it will always result in
> the login sound being muted? mixer_app won't be started until some time
> after the sound has started pla
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:20:59PM -0400, Daniel T. Chen wrote:
> (4) Additionally, users seem split on whether a default login sound in a
> graphical environment should be muted[4] or audible.
>
> To alleviate the issues given above, I am requesting comments from
> developers and users alike reg
On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 08:32 -0700, Michael R. Head wrote:
> My feeling is that levels
> should be restored before gdm beats its drums (this is particularly
> needful for the "laptops in meetings" case). Further, requiring users to
> modify stuff in etc (or adding a new admin screen with a preferenc
On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 21:20 -0400, Daniel T. Chen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> This change means that volume restoration would be delegated to KMix,
> mixer_applet2, and xfce4-mixer (for Kubuntu, Ubuntu/Edubuntu/Ubuntu
> Studio, and Xubuntu, respectively). The change resolves issue 1[1],
> since at shutd
On Tuesday 26 June 2007 21:20, Daniel T. Chen wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I would like to bring several issues into the glare and to propose a
> non-invasive and forward- and backward-compatible (for 6.06 LTS and
> Gutsy+1 LTS in particular) resolution to them.
> I am particularly interested in fur
Hi folks,
I would like to bring several issues into the glare and to propose a
non-invasive and forward- and backward-compatible (for 6.06 LTS and
Gutsy+1 LTS in particular) resolution to them.
(1) For some time now, the Ubuntu alsa-utils source package has shipped
a udev rule that restores sound
