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" would be equivalent to amending > /etc/init.d/alsa-utils to add the appropriate regexp logic so that > levels are maintained across boots with differing element names. Note > that one wouldn't want to place the regexp logic in the initscript > necessarily, since upstream modifies the mixer element strings > frequently (and at times with befuddling consequences, e.g., 'External > Amplifier' toggles). Such a change, of course, would tie the initscript > to the default ALSA version shipped in $release, else we're back to the > current mess.
Yeah, putting logically equivalent regexps in multiple places sounds like a bad idea. I guess what I was trying to get at was that maybe mixer_applet's logical mapping (which this argument presupposes is "correct", since that seemed to be what the OP was saying) could be extracted into a library which both mixer_applet and a command line program/init script could both use. Of course, this would take a lot more work and coordination with upstreams. But it's no big deal, of course. It seemed like the proposal was going to cause a regression for folks like me that have had sound levels working fine across boots on a daily basis while fixing a sound level problem that some face when upgrading. It looks like it won't have that big an affect on me, so I'm no longer worried. > Thanks. Thanks for taking the time to explain the technical details. mike -- Michael R. Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.suppressingfire.org/~burner/ http://suppressingfire.livejournal.com http://picasaweb.google.com/demiri.head.wedding
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