[ALSA - liboss 0001278]: fails to read volume for software volume control

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A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1278> 
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Reported By:                jdthood
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    ALSA - liboss
Issue ID:                   1278
Category:                   
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             07-23-2005 18:23 CEST
Last Modified:              12-30-2005 23:38 CET
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Summary:                    fails to read volume for software volume control
Description: 
From: http://bugs.debian.org/319628:

Package: alsa-oss
Version: 1.0.8-1

Hi,

My MacMini's audio chip seems to have no hardware volume control (or it 
is unsupported in the kernel I use), so I use software volume control, 
with the attached .asoundrc. (I'm still a newbie about alsa, there may 
be some mistakes in my .soundrc file.)

While trying to use hotkeys (that only understands oss) with aoss, I 
discovered that aoss did not allow to read the volume control, while it 
can write it flawlessly.

After a few tests, I discovered that it was related to the failing 
snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_switch function call, and I could 
workaround the issue with the attached trivial quick&dirty patch.


Cheers,

Nicolas Boullis


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-irma
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages alsa-oss depends on:
ii  libasound2                  1.0.8-3      ALSA library
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries an

-- no debconf information



pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave {
    pcm {
      type softvol
      slave {
        pcm {
	  type dmix
	  ipc_key 7666
	  slave {
	    pcm "hw:0,0"
	    period_time 0
	    period_size 1024
	    buffer_size 8192
	    rate 44100
	  }
	}
      }
      control {
        name Master
        card 0
      }
    }
  }
}

pcm.dsp0 {
  type plug
  slave.pcm "!default"
}




only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- alsa-oss-1.0.8.orig/alsa/mixer.c
+++ alsa-oss-1.0.8/alsa/mixer.c
@@ -487,9 +487,7 @@
 				break;
 			}
 			err = snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_switch(elem,
SND_MIXER_SCHN_FRONT_LEFT, &sw);
-			if (err < 0) 
-				break;
-			if (sw) {
+			if ((err < 0) || (sw)) {
 				err = snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume(elem,
SND_MIXER_SCHN_FRONT_LEFT, &lvol);
 				if (err < 0) 
 					break;
@@ -499,9 +497,7 @@
 				rvol = lvol;
 			} else {
 				err = snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_switch(elem,
SND_MIXER_SCHN_FRONT_RIGHT, &sw);
-				if (err < 0) 
-					break;
-				if (sw) {
+				if ((err < 0) || (sw)) { 
 					err = snd_mixer_selem_get_playback_volume(elem,
SND_MIXER_SCHN_FRONT_RIGHT, &rvol);
 					if (err < 0) 
 						break;



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 jdthood - 08-01-05 08:09 
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No, the submitter reports that the bug is still present in 1.0.9.

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 rlrevell - 12-30-05 23:38 
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Was this ever resolved?

(BTW The ALSA bug tracker should have a PATCH status)

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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07-23-05 18:23 jdthood        New Issue                                    
07-29-05 18:02 tiwai          Note Added: 0005584                          
08-01-05 08:09 jdthood        Note Added: 0005594                          
12-30-05 23:38 rlrevell       Note Added: 0007295                          
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