Strange sound phenomenon in Fedora Core 5.

[Erik P. Olsen]

The following scenario can be repeated over and over again:

1. Get some sound out of your speakers - f.ex. your favourite music
2. Mute the sound
3. Launch a console (gnome-terminal)

Then sound is unmuted again. Is that normal, a bug or can it be controlled 
somewhere?

[Michael Schwendt]

On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> The following scenario can be repeated over and over again:
> Get some sound out of your speakers - f.ex. your favourite music
> Mute the sound
> Launch a console (gnome-terminal)
>
> Then sound is unmuted again. Is that normal, a bug or can it be controlled
> somewhere?

Is   " gnome-terminal --disable-sound "  enough?

[Erik P. Olsen]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > The following scenario can be repeated over and over again:
> > Get some sound out of your speakers - f.ex. your favourite music
> > Mute the sound
> > Launch a console (gnome-terminal)
> >
> > Then sound is unmuted again. Is that normal, a bug or can it be 
> > controlled
> > somewhere?
>
> Is   " gnome-terminal --disable-sound "  enough?

I tried that but it had no effect.

[Michael Schwendt]

On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > The following scenario can be repeated over and over again:
> > > Get some sound out of your speakers - f.ex. your favourite music
> > > Mute the sound
> > > Launch a console (gnome-terminal)
> > >
> > > Then sound is unmuted again. Is that normal, a bug or can it be
> > > controlled
> > > somewhere?
> >
> > Is   " gnome-terminal --disable-sound "  enough?
>
> I tried that but it had no effect.

That increases the likelihood that it's a bug, because gnome-terminal
is directly linked against ALSA lib (libasound) and most likely uses
it for some "features".

[Thomas TS]

On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 23:51 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > > On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > > The following scenario can be repeated over and over again:
> > > > Get some sound out of your speakers - f.ex. your favourite music
> > > > Mute the sound
> > > > Launch a console (gnome-terminal)

I saw this before. The PCM of a card just become mute. The "alsamier"
command shows this clearly. What causes don't know. Here the alsa
version is 1.0.14. This system has two sound cards and both are in
use... so, could be something at this regards.
But, am just wondering...