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drg

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Registered: 2014-07-16

Posts: 1

problem with xfce mixer

Hello!
I have problem with xfce mixer:
xfce4-mixer-4.10.0-4.fc20.x86_64
OS Russian Fedora 20

When i decrease the sound to 0% percent, mixer block the sound totally. This is good!
However, when I increase the sound, the sound does not appear.
For the emergence of sound I need open "Run Audio mixer":

and then press to "unmute Master" and so every time!
Please help! Thanks

ozjd

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From: Hawkesbury NSW Australia

Registered: 2012-02-05

Posts: 560

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Re: problem with xfce mixer

I've found this happens too. Hadn't noticed it before as I have a a keyboard shortcut for mute and that works to mute and unmute.
It appears to be a bug, you could submit a bug report.

As a workaround create a shortcut with the command 'amixer set Master toggle -q'

andrzejr

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Registered: 2012-04-06

Posts: 48

Re: problem with xfce mixer

If your system is using pulseaudio you can also try my plugin:
https://github.com/andrzej-r/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin

It's still a very early version but scrolling, middle button clicking on the plugin button, or using volume control keys works fine.

halogen

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Registered: 2015-01-31

Posts: 1

Re: problem with xfce mixer

drg, thanks so much for posting the solution. I was going crazy trying to find out why XFCE "lost" the audio once in a while. Even using alsamixer to unmute everything didn't seem to work. Now I know it's that stupid mixer...