VOOLUME CONTROL PROBLEM

[Maurice Murphy]

Icon changes.  No mute.

Richard Seguin wrote:
> It's possible it could be a keyboard mapping issue or it could be that
> it's using the wrong sound device all-together.  Lets find out which one
> it is...    Right click on the speaker icons in your system tray (right
> click on the volume control icon) and select mute, does the icon change
> and do the speakers mute?
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> Maurice Murphy wrote:
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>> Richard,  I have three options:  the 
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>> Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (ALSA mixer) I I noted in my original message , Brooktree 878 (ALSA mixer) for my tv connection, and Analog Devices AD1981A (OSS mixer)
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>> Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>> In the volume control applet under File menu there will be a "change 
>>> device" option.  Click that and let me know how many devices it sees? 
>>> I'll look into it further from there.
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>>>> Thanks, Pedro.  Can you be a little more specific by what you mean by 
>>>> PCM control.  My applet is currently selected to Master.  If I change to 
>>>> PCM, the applet still doesn't work.
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>>>> Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
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>>>>>> I recently changed computers, reverting to my old Dell 8250 to get rid 
>>>>>> of a BIOS error on my HP Media Centre box.  The Dell has an Intel 
>>>>>> 82801BA-ICH2 sound card.  I now find that my volume/mute control does 
>>>>>> not work. 
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>>>>>> But, I can control the volume and mute when in TVtime by use of the 
>>>>>> arrow keys and 'M' on the keyboard.  Similarly, the volume control 
>>>>>> included in Totem-xine works just fine, enabling me to mute all sound by 
>>>>>> holding down the '-' sign on the Totem volume control.
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>>>>>> Does anyone have an idea how I might get the regular Feisty volume 
>>>>>> control to work? (I have tried all the available preferences and ensured 
>>>>>> that none of the choices available in 'Open Volume Control' are muted.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, Maurice
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>>>>> Just a guess. Your sound applet may be configured to operate on the
>>>>> wrong PCM control (there might be more than one). Right-click on it and
>>>>> select the right "track" to control.
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