12.04 - question/feedback on "sound settings"

[David Henningsson]

On 05/14/2012 01:25 PM, "Edwin Günthner" wrote:
> So my feedback is: taking away the "profiles" was a HUGE step backwards

To clarify, the only profile that was actually removed was the "Off" 
profile. If you have other profiles (5.1 surround, etc), those profiles 
are still selectable.

For the "off" profile, I believe this was considered a too unusual use 
case to support, but at the UDS session about the sound settings, I 
believe we decided to put it back in for 12.10. [1]

> My questions:
> a) is there an easy way that would support my "usage pattern"?

The current workaround is to install the pavucontrol application. That 
application can still set your sound card to the "off" profile.

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David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd.
https://launchpad.net/~diwic

[1] http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20753/sound-settings/