Control: retitle -1 pactl set-*-volume cannot handle options or -- Control: tags -1 upstream confirmed Control: forwarded -1 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.audio.pulseaudio.general/22613
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Jameson Graef Rollins <jroll...@finestructure.net> wrote: > 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? The problem is not with the -- argument. That works fine. The problem is that the option parsing for the volumes became buggy somewhere after the 5.0 release. I have posted a patch to the upstream list, hopefully it will be accepted before the final 6.0 release. In the meantime, just drop the -- specifier. For most cases (including setting negative values) it should be unnecessaryi. Thanks for your report! -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
