[Bug 45345] Mixer applet: Recognize "Front" as a Master channel

[John Dong]

Public bug reported:

As seen in bug #45167, on newer AC'97 codec cards, the Master channel is
no longer called Master, but rather "Front". This confuses the GNOME
mixer applet into believing that there is no master channel, and it
incorrectly begins mixing the PCM channel. This cannot mute, nor turn
down sound completely, and thus is the wrong behavior.


It looks like the ALSA drivers will continue using the 'Front' nomenclature... that's not going to change. So, the mixer applets must change instead. The GNOME mixer should recognize Front to be synonymous with Master

Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'gnome-
applets2'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.

** Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Changed in: Ubuntu
Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-applets

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Mixer applet: Recognize "Front" as a Master channel
https://launchpad.net/bugs/45345