[arch-general] OT: [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

[Mauro Santos]

On 12-08-2012 00:41, Baho Utot wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 07:37 PM, Mauro Santos wrote:
>> On 11-08-2012 23:33, Baho Utot wrote:
>>> On 08/11/2012 06:15 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Fons Adriaensen
>>>> <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
>>>>> So imagine the average desktop user who gets five or so of
>>>>> them:
>>>>>
>>>>> - one provided by the application (player or something)
>>>>> - one provided by PA or similar,
>>>>> - probably two by the soundcard mixer,
>>>> PA combines these three into one. So the non-audio-engineer user
>>>> should have a lot bigger chance of not messing things up with PA
>>>> compared to with pure ALSA (where you do have to fiddle with all the
>>>> mixers and the application mixer on top).  Sorry if this was what you
>>>> were trying to point out.
>>>>
>>>> -t
>>> As a non-audio-engineer trying to adjust the sound level in vlc PA keep
>>> messing up my sound level (going to full 100%) any time I tried to
>>> adjust it.
>>> Just ask my wife for conformation as she didn't like the 100% volume
>>> every time I adjusted the sound level in vlc or xmms etc.
>>> So try to adjust the volume I did.....but wait I'll get it right this
>>> time....Turn the damn thing down!!!! She screamed.
>>> Ok just let me..... TURN THE DAMN THING OFF!!!
>>>
>>> Removed PA and only using ALSA equals working properly. As a bonus there
>>> is peace in the house ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Did you try
>>
>> flat-volumes = no
>>
> 
> No just ripped out PA.  That returned me back to what worked for me.
> 
> 
> 

That might have solved that particular problem. However it is still odd
that the default is to have flat-volumes = yes, which causes system wide
jumps in volume every single time any app changes its volume.

Not very user friendly for something that aims to be easy to use :p. I
don't have any complains with the machine I use now though.

-- 
Mauro Santos