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odp

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Registered: 2012-04-26

Posts: 136

Updated to Gnome 3.16.1 sound but no sound control

Hi folks,

I just updated to Gnome 3.16.1.

I knew something was funky when the DE loaded and the icons were the size of my palm. Fixed that by changing the icon size in the Files browser preferences...AAAANYWAYS!

I have have sound coming out my speakers from all programs that's great; ALSAmixer works.

But the Gnome sound control has no effect, and I wonder if there is something I have missed in the update process?

Basically when i go to Gnome control center and click on sound it is grayed out, no input or output devices multimedia keys for sound don't work.

Any light on this is greatly appreciated

EDIT:

Apparently PulseAudio is not loaded at bootup? so how do I change that?

Last edited by odp (2015-05-09 13:47:21)

dunkles

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Registered: 2010-04-26

Posts: 88

Re: Updated to Gnome 3.16.1 sound but no sound control

same problem here

staffe85

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Registered: 2013-05-14

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Re: Updated to Gnome 3.16.1 sound but no sound control

I had the same problem but got it working again:

- Install pulseaudio-equalizer (pacman -S pulseaudio-equalizer)
- Go to gnome audio settings and choose your default output device

Btw, after updating pulseaudio, pacman says the following:

Many PulseAudio modules with additional dependencies have been split into
separate packages. Please check the pulseaudio-* packages and reinstall
what you need.

So you might need to install other packages too.

odp

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Registered: 2012-04-26

Posts: 136

Re: Updated to Gnome 3.16.1 sound but no sound control

I noticed the message doing the update, I wonder what modules I had installed before?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,435

Re: Updated to Gnome 3.16.1 sound but no sound control

All of them, that's why they were split. Specifically for the control center you likely need pulseaudio-equalizer and pulseaudio-gconf

This is mostly so that you don't have to carry dependencies/waste space for modules you are not going to need e.g. if you never do anything with jack there's no point in having pulseaudio-jack (and the resulting dependency on jack) installed, ditto for the other modules depending on usecase

Last edited by V1del (2015-05-24 23:02:09)