https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459493
--- Comment #8 from KING <king.sa...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to KING from comment #7) > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6) > > If only we had it as easy as they have it. :) We have to deal with all sorts > > of weird hardware that exposes its audio hardware in weird ways, with > > manufacturers that provide stupid technical gibberish for their device names > > instead of user-comprehensible text. > > Yes, I can imagine, but the Mac displays the monitors the same way "KDE > Display configuration" does. in my case "C27F..." and for the microphone, > Mac presents it as RODE USB. > > Also, the Mac knows the built-in devices from the external and mention > (MacBook Pro speaker/Mic or something like that). I think that can be done > too > > > Are those monitors actively connected? If not, that's a clear bug we can > > fix. If so, I guess we should try to map the monitor's device to a better > > name for it. But be aware that the monitor names that come from > > manufacturers often aren't any better than the names that audio devices > > have. > > The monitors are connected and they are identical monitors, same brand, same > model. > > > An easy fix might be to get rid of the device name entirely, so that we > > don't have weird long technical mumbo-jumbo in parentheses). > Until then, is there a way to manually configure a friendly name for the > devices without hacking into the kernel :D? When I run `hwinfo command, I found that there is a readable field can be used, which is "Model" ``` Hardware Class: monitor Model: "SAMSUNG C27F591" Hardware Class: sound Model: "RODE Microphones RODE NT-USB" ``` -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
