[Bug 87987] gnome-volume-manager does not open

[Jan Groenewald]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-volume-manager

On Feisty:

jan at dikkop:~$groups
sysadm adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin scanner admin impronet
(which I get from /etc/security/group.conf and /etc/pam.d/common-auth)

Yet gnome-volume-manager, the icon in the panel ahs a red cross on it as
when you do not have permissions.

jan at dikkop:~$ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Feb 22 15:20 /dev/dsp
0 jan at dikkop:~$ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 12 Feb 22 15:20 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  5 Feb 22 15:20 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 11 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  9 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  7 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D3c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  6 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC0D4p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  4 Feb 22 15:20 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  3 Feb 22 15:20 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  2 Feb 22 15:20 timer
0 jan at dikkop:~$ls -l /dev/audio
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Feb 22 15:20 /dev/audio

When I click to open gnome-volume-manager I get a dialog box saying: "No
volume conrtol GStreamer plugins and/or devices found."

When I run it from the command line nothing happens.

gnome-volume-control starts OK from the command line. Everything looks
OK there.

Rhythmbox plays an ogg file, volume seems to be on there, but no sound.

jan at dikkop:~$ps ax|grep esd
 1741 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep --color esd
 6771 ?        Ss     0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 1 -spawnfd 25
 6772 ?        S      1:37 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 1 -spawnfd 25

This sound worked perfectly on dapper and edgy:
jan at dikkop:~$lspci|grep au
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

jan at dikkop:~$cat /dev/sndstat 
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.14rc1 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux dikkop 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers: 
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config: 
Intel ICH5 with AD1981B at 0xfeb7fa00, irq 20
AKM              AK5370           at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed

Audio devices:
0: Intel ICH5 (DUPLEX)
1: USB Audio

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1981B
1: USB Mixer

jan at dikkop:~$dmesg |grep -i ich
[    0.088210] PCI quirk: region 0800-087f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
[    0.088214] PCI quirk: region 0880-08bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO
[    4.001287] ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
[    4.001310] ICH5: chipset revision 2
[    4.001312] ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[    6.217925] ICH5-SATA: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.2
[    6.217951] ICH5-SATA: chipset revision 2
[    6.217957] ICH5-SATA: 100% native mode on irq 18
[    6.217963] ICH5-SATA: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)

cheers,
Jan

** Affects: gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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gnome-volume-manager does not open
https://launchpad.net/bugs/87987