does softvol plugin "master" has any preference over vmaster in amixer ? http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=44b26f5cd37f33bfef2871ff1fd250301bdb5364 control.32 { iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Volume' value 64 comment { access 'read write' type INTEGER count 1 range '0 - 64' dbmin -6400 dbmax 0 dbvalue.0 0 } } control.42 { iface MIXER name Master value.0 255 value.1 255 comment { access 'read write user' type INTEGER count 2 range '0 - 255' tlv '0000000100000008ffffec1400000014' dbmin -5100 dbmax 0 dbvalue.0 0 dbvalue.1 0 } Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfeaf8000 irq 43' Mixer name: 'Realtek ALC887-VD' Components: 'HDA:10ec0887,10438445,00100302' Controls : 42 Simple ctrls : 22 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [191.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [191.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 64 Mono: Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB] https://launchpadlibrarian.net/119782219/Symptom_PulseAudioLog.txt Oct 15 10:49:11 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:11 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:11 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:11 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:12 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:12 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:12 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:12 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:12 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument Oct 15 10:49:12 xaser pulseaudio[1601]: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Unable to load mixer: Invalid argument -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20121019/eff56248/attachment.html>
