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Lumpy Gravy
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 Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:12 am Post subject: [SOLVED]Can't set default volume since plasma profile update |
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Hello everybody,
Since the Plasma Profile update to enable PipeWire, I have some audio issue.
First I couldn't set the soundcards order I wanted so I just disabled the hdmi-audio and onboard-audio (wich I do not use) from my kernel config, leaving just usb-audio and I'm fine with it.
But at each boot, I have to open alsamixer to set the volume from -73db to -6db
I tried 'alsactl store' as user and as root but nothing changes.
Is there a file where I could set the right value?
Thanks in advance.
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flexibeast
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:30 am Post subject: |
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The man page for alsactl(1) says:
| Quote: | | /var/lib/alsa/asound.state (or whatever file you specify with the -f flag) is used to store current settings for your soundcards. The settings include all the usual soundcard mixer settings. |
So you could check what's happening to that file. Is it perhaps on a volatile partition? |
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Lumpy Gravy
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 6:31 am Post subject: |
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I checked the file, it exists and it's not on a volatile partition:
| Code: | state.Pro {
control.1 {
iface PCM
name 'Playback Channel Map'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access read
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 36'
}
}
control.2 {
iface MIXER
name 'Radial USB Pro Output Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 2
}
}
control.3 {
iface MIXER
name 'Radial USB Pro Output Playback Volume'
value.0 122
value.1 122
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 127'
dbmin -12700
dbmax 0
dbvalue.0 -500
dbvalue.1 -500
}
}
}
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The db values seem arbitrary to me but with "alsactl restore" as root, the volume is set to the desired level.
I can add this command at boot but all was working perfectly well without me doing anything before, that's why I'm asking.
Thanks anyway. |
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flexibeast
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2023 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Well, i don't use KDE/Plasma myself, but reading the relevant news item, the enabling of PipeWire as the default sound server means PW will be doing manipulations of the hardware sound levels; it won't matter what you do via ALSA if PipeWire is subsequently setting the sound levels itself. So it seems to me that you might need to make a decision as to whether your setup is primarily ALSA-oriented or PipeWire-oriented, and then make the appropriate changes as described in the news item. |
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Lumpy Gravy
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| flexibeast wrote: | | So it seems to me that you might need to make a decision as to whether your setup is primarily ALSA-oriented or PipeWire-oriented, and then make the appropriate changes as described in the news item. |
I thought that what I did.
I followed this:
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1. To use PipeWire for sound, users should enable USE=sound-server for PipeWire:
Place the following entries in /etc/portage/package.use:
```
media-video/pipewire sound-server
media-sound/pulseaudio -daemon
```
First, sync:
# emerge --sync
Deselect media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon:
# emerge --deselect media-sound/pulseaudio-daemon
Then perform a world upgrade with PipeWire on the command line to add
it to the world file:
# emerge --ask --update --changed-use --deep @world media-video/pipewire
Then depclean:
# emerge --ask --depclean
OpenRC users on an XDG-compliant desktop which respects autostart files
will not need to take any further action. |
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flexibeast
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:51 am Post subject: |
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| Lumpy Gravy wrote: | I thought that what I did.
I followed this: |
Oh, sorry, i wasn't clear. What i was trying to say is: If you're actually using PipeWire (and WirePlumber), manage your volumes via PipeWire and WirePlumber, not via ALSA interfaces. But if you just want to use ALSA directly - which some people do, and which your mention of alsactl suggests you might want to do - then you should make sure that PipeWire and WirePlumber don't get started, otherwise you'll have different sound systems fighting over the actual hardware. |
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Hu
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Lumpy Gravy wrote: | 1. To use PipeWire for sound, users should enable USE=sound-server for PipeWire:
Place the following entries in /etc/portage/package.use:
```
media-video/pipewire sound-server
media-sound/pulseaudio -daemon
``` |
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Lumpy Gravy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:44 am Post subject: |
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After a new update, kmix disappeared from my taskbar and I could only set audio levels with alsamixer, so I reverted to PulseAudio.
Now, kmix won't start at boot but can be started from the console with error messages, but sound works ok:
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$ kmix &
[1] 3000
percent 1 -> divisor 100
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: no mix devices and not dynamic
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Périphériques_de_lecture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Périphériques_de_capture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Flux_de_lecture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Flux_de_capture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Could not get icon for "audio-card-usb"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Périphériques_de_lecture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Could not get icon for "audio-card-usb"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Périphériques_de_capture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Flux_de_lecture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Cannot load profile "PulseAudio.Flux_de_capture.1.default"
org.kde.kmix: Could not get icon for "audio-card-usb"
org.kde.kmix: Could not get icon for "audio-card-usb" |
Any idea? |
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rab0171610
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| You could easily do away with kmix. You can install and use kde-plasma/plasma-pa. This will replace the kmix icon in the system tray. If you decide to go back to pipewire, 'alsactl store' with sudo or as root will still save the default volumes when using pipewire as the sound server, provided pipewire is built with the pipewire-alsa use flag. The alsactl command should still work with pulseaudio as the sound server daemon. If you set the volume to 60 percent with 'alsactl store', every time you log in the sound should be automatically be set at 60%, this works with pipewire as the sound server and, as I mentioned, should work with pulseaudio. |
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asturm
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| plasma-meta gives you plasma-pa, so there's no need for kmix - and kmix' postinst messages tell you as much. |
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Lumpy Gravy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| plasma-pa does the trick, thank you very much! |
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