On Mon 20 Jul 2015 at 13:29:59 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > > > > It is possible, is it not, that pocketshinx mutes something by default and > > hasn't unmuted it? > > I haven't come to grips with sound on jessie yet, so an earlier thread > this month (State of Linux Audio) is awaiting scrutiny sometime.
We await your definitive opinion on this unknown thread. > I think you'd have to reboot (with pocketsphinx) and then have some > obscure interaction between the various packages to get that effect. > For example, I've never worked out what booting wheezy means by > "Saved ALSA mixer settings detected; aumix will not touch mixer." Cargo cult in the first sentence. "obscure interaction"; computer speak for "I haven't a clue what is happening and cannot be bothered to find out". The second sentence has no bearing on the first. Or on anything which comes afterwards. > But I do think something is being over-zealous at muting things. > As an example, I have an aumix panel when running X (because it's > small, and only requires the leftmost third to be peeping in from the > right side). If I try to reduce the Volume to a low setting but > accidently touch zero on the way, the Pcm control immediately zeroes > itself and stays there. > > If I bring out the big guns (pavucontrol, which takes up one-third of > my 1280x800 screen) I can see what's happening. As the Volume(aumix) > touches zero, pavucontrol mutes the audio. As I drag the Volume(aumix) > back up, pavucontrol shows the volume increasing (a little) but still > muted. I can't drag the Volume(pavucontrol) at all+. > > So to regain sound, I have to either demute pavucontrol (if I'm > displaying it) or, with aumix, turn Pcm close to 100% and then adjust > Volume (more carefully). > > That's just one example of how easy it is to unintentionally mute the > audio. We see. If I were the OP I'd be thinking I was in la-la land by now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150720193040.gc9...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
