[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #935: Gnome Pulseaudio Mixer doesnt show Front Panel Options

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#935: Gnome Pulseaudio Mixer doesnt show Front Panel Options
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  Reporter:  raylz   |       Owner:  lennart                     
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new                         
 Milestone:          |   Component:  module-alsa-*               
Resolution:          |    Keywords:  mixer,asus,xonar,front,panel
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Comment(by coling):

 (reformatting previous comment)

 There is HW_MUTE_CONTROL flag but no HW_VOLUME_CONTROL flag.

 pacmd ls shows me this:

 {{{
    * index: 1
          name: <alsa_input.pci-0000_03_04.0.analog-stereo>
          driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
          flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
 DYNAMIC_LATENCY
          state: RUNNING
          suspend cause:
          priority: 9059
          volume: 0:  86% 1:  86%
                  0: -3.91 dB 1: -3.91 dB
                  balance 0.00
          base volume: 100%
                       0.00 dB
          volume steps: 65537
          muted: no
          current latency: 0.15 ms
          max rewind: 0 KiB
          sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
          channel map: front-left,front-right
                       Stereo
          used by: 1
          linked by: 1
          configured latency: 20.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 743.04 ms
          card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_03_04.0>
          module: 4
          properties:
                  alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                  device.api = "alsa"
                  device.class = "sound"
                  alsa.class = "generic"
                  alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                  alsa.name = "Multichannel"
                  alsa.id = "Multichannel"
                  alsa.subdevice = "0"
                  alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                  alsa.device = "0"
                  alsa.card = "0"
                  alsa.card_name = "Xonar DX"
                  alsa.long_card_name = "Asus Virtuoso 100 at 0xa800, irq
 19"
                  alsa.driver_name = "snd_virtuoso"
                  device.bus_path = "pci-0000:03:04.0"
                  sysfs.path =
 "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.7/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:04.0/sound/card0"
                  device.bus = "pci"
                  device.vendor.id = "13f6"
                  device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics Inc"
                  device.product.id = "8788"
                  device.product.name = "CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]"
                  device.string = "front:0"
                  device.buffering.buffer_size = "131072"
                  device.buffering.fragment_size = "131072"
                  device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                  device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                  device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                  device.description = "CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] Analog
 Stereo"
                  alsa.mixer_name = "AV200"
                  alsa.components = "CS4398 CS4362A CS5361 AV200"
                  module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                  device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
          ports:
                  analog-input-microphone: Analog Microphone (priority
 10000)
                  analog-input-linein: Analog Line-In (priority 9000)
                  analog-input: Analog Input (priority 9000)
          active port: <analog-input-microphone>
 }}}


 Heres the ouptut of amixer -c0

 {{{
  [bernhard at arch ~]$ amixer -c0
  Simple mixer control 'Master',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right - Rear Left - Rear Right -
  Front Center - Woofer - Side Left - Side Right
    Limits: Playback 67 - 127
    Mono:
    Front Left: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Front Right: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Rear Left: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Rear Right: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Front Center: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Woofer: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Side Left: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
    Side Right: Playback 118 [85%] [-9.00dB] [on]
  Simple mixer control 'Front Panel',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
  Simple mixer control 'Line',0
    Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined penum
    Capture channels: Mono
    Mono: Capture [off]
  Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
    Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
    Capture channels: Mono
    Limits: Capture 0 - 31
    Mono: Capture 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [on]
  Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [on]
  Simple mixer control 'Mic Source',0
    Capabilities: cenum
    Items: 'Mic Jack' 'Front Panel'
    Item0: 'Front Panel'
  Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [on]
  Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
    Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Capture 0 - 31
    Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
    Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Simple mixer control 'Analog Input Monitor',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
    Playback channels: Mono
    Limits: Playback 0 - 1
    Mono: Playback 1 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
  Simple mixer control 'DAC Filter',0
    Capabilities: penum
    Items: 'Fast Roll-off' 'Slow Roll-off'
    Item0: 'Fast Roll-off'
  Simple mixer control 'Stereo Upmixing',0
    Capabilities: enum
    Items: 'Front' 'Front+Surround' 'Front+Surround+Back'
  'Front+Surround+Center/LFE' 'Front+Surround+Center/LFE+Back'
    Item0: 'Front+Surround'
 }}}

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