On Wed, Jan 07 2015, Felipe Sateler <fsate...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Jameson Graef Rollins > <jroll...@finestructure.net> wrote: >> Package: pulseaudio-utils >> Version: 5.99.2-2 >> Severity: normal >> >> pactl is no longer able to change/set volumes: >> >> servo:~ 0$ pactl list short sinks >> 0 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c >> s16le 2ch 48000Hz RUNNING >> servo:~ 0$ pactl -- set-sink-volume 0 +2dB >> Assertion 'vol_spec' failed at utils/pactl.c:1462, function parse_volume(). >> Aborting. >> Aborted >> servo:~ 134$ > > Can you set the volume using other units? That is, using percentages > or linear values?
Ah, crap. I just figured out what the problem is: it's the '--'
argument. If I remove it everything works:
servo:~ 0$ pactl list sinks | grep 'Volume: front'
Volume: front-left: 32768 / 50% / -18.06 dB, front-right: 32768 /
50% / -18.06 dB
servo:~ 0$ pactl set-sink-volume 0 100%
servo:~ 0$ pactl list sinks | grep 'Volume: front'
Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100%
/ 0.00 dB
servo:~ 0$ pactl set-sink-volume 0 -2db
servo:~ 0$ pactl list sinks | grep 'Volume: front'
Volume: front-left: 60694 / 93% / -2.00 dB, front-right: 60694 /
93% / -2.00 dB
servo:~ 0$
Now that I look at the man page again, I see there is no mention of the
'--' argument anymore. It must have been deprecated without notice?
Annoying, but maybe a separate issue?
Let me know if you would like me to rename, reassign, or close this bug.
Thanks.
jamie.
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
