Bastien Nocera wrote:
Heya,
Attached is a small patch to system-config-soundcard. Here are some
details:
- replace deprecated function calls
- use a close button, instead of OK (I think the tool is instant-apply,
no?)
- list USB audio devices as well (I have a USB speaker system at
home...)
There are still a bunch of issues though:
- The playback code uses OSS (or OSS compatibility) even when on a 2.6
kernel, which won't work in a multi-soundcard setup
- The "primary audio device" drop-down doesn't seem to do anything. It
should probably:
- on 2.4 kernels, link /dev/dsp to /dev/dspX (where X is the "number" of
the soundcard, unlike what it's doing now, ie. have /dev/dsp0 be a link
to /dev/dsp)
- on 2.6 kernels, write a /etc/asoundrc
We should probably allow system-config-soundcard to be run as a normal
user on 2.6, for a ~/.asoundrc to be written.
An example screenshot:
http://www.hadess.net/files/shots/11-07-2004.1.png
which doesn't look so good because of:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127626
Cheers
Another cosmetic touchup that could help users know their sound card has
been correctly configured, is regarding the sound test. Since ALSA has
become default in distros with 2.6.x kernels, it seems like the ALSA
quirk of having all audio levels mutted by default has not been entirely
solved. This week I did three FC3 installations with different cards
(all supported as of ALSA 1.0.6). After having the system up if I ran
the tool, the settings were reset (of course) and as such the sound test
would not sound because the audio levels were mutted, until I ran
alsamixer/kmix/gnome volume control and set the volume values, I could
actually hear the sound sample (I was curious as what was it this time).
I don't know how could this be overcome, if not from the ALSA guys
themselves to force the drivers to at least have Master and PCM channels
unmutted and set to a reasonable volume level by default for all drivers
instead of having all level mutted... Just a thought, though.
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