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Daniell

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Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

Hello,

The configuration in xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin is not kept after shutdown/startup -- only on reboot this one lasts.

{It switches back to speakers if I put it on headphones or the volume decreases even if I turn it up, etc}.

I've tried several times with 'logout' to see if it resolves the issue, nothing.

And no, I haven't found anything on Google about this problem.

Am I missing something to install...?

Thanks for any comments.

Last edited by Daniell (2022-01-07 19:55:40)

Daniell

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

Since I'm not familiar with the distro I thought that because of systemd Devuan didn't have   [ERROR} -- I just replaced it.

EDIT: My mistake, the name of the application seems to be ayatana-indicator-sound.

EDIT:

No, after a prolonged shutdown the problem persists in the same way as with the previous app, it must be something else, no idea ...

root@kaos:~# cat /etc/*release
PRETTY_NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)"
NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="4"
VERSION="4 (chimaera)"
VERSION_CODENAME="chimaera"
ID=devuan
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.devuan.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://devuan.org/os/community"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/"
root@kaos:~# 

Last edited by Daniell (2022-01-07 23:09:45)

Daniell

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

Does anyone know if there is any other application in Devuan that I can install similar to 'ayatana-indicator-sound'?-- although it seems to me that there is a bug with the volume control either pulseaudio or pavucontrol.
Anyway, if there is another alternative, then I could check where is the problem ... so I think ... I'm not an expert.

Thanks.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

The configuration in xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin is not kept after shutdown/startup

No idea about Xfce but systemd runs alsactl store on shutdown and alsactl restore on boot.

/etc/rc.local can be used to run alsa-restore so try that and see if it's enough. Perhaps Xfce runs alsactl store itself.

If the state isn't stored automatically you'll have to add scripts to /ect/rc6.d/ & /etc/rc0.d/ to run alsactl store at reboot and shutdown, respectively. Or create an init script in /etc/init.d/ to add the commands to the appropriate runlevels then run update-rc.d $name_of_script deafults to activate it.

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Daniell

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

No, none of these appear in the system.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

Yes, I know. My suggestion was for you to create them yourself.

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MLEvD

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

This problem goes away if you start by installing debian and switch to devuan. It only happens on a clean devuan install, and it happens on the mate desktop too. It's a bug. Losing user settings, is data loss. I don't know how to log this as a bug but I did notice systemd doing the alsa save and restore thing, but not devuan.
Other distros with sysvinit, antix etc, do not have this bug.

MLEvD

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

Yes, I know. My suggestion was for you to create them yourself.

The solution is to write your own desktop entirely, it's the only way to be sure.
Oh, and don't forget to write your own init, to be on the safe side.

Look, write your own kernel or it's your fault

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Problems with configuration, xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

@MLEvD: I only have a very vague idea of how sysvinit scripts work or I would have shared an attempt.

I could share an OpenRC script that would work but that's not very useful for our (now absent) OP.

EDIT: and even then all that /etc/rc?.d/ crap confuses me so it's probably best I don't

.targets ftw!

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2022-01-11 14:48:24)

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