[arch-general] OT: [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

[Baho Utot]

On 08/11/2012 07:37 PM, Mauro Santos wrote:
> On 11-08-2012 23:33, Baho Utot wrote:
>> On 08/11/2012 06:15 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Fons Adriaensen
>>> <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
>>>> So imagine the average desktop user who gets five or so of
>>>> them:
>>>>
>>>> - one provided by the application (player or something)
>>>> - one provided by PA or similar,
>>>> - probably two by the soundcard mixer,
>>> PA combines these three into one. So the non-audio-engineer user
>>> should have a lot bigger chance of not messing things up with PA
>>> compared to with pure ALSA (where you do have to fiddle with all the
>>> mixers and the application mixer on top).  Sorry if this was what you
>>> were trying to point out.
>>>
>>> -t
>> As a non-audio-engineer trying to adjust the sound level in vlc PA keep
>> messing up my sound level (going to full 100%) any time I tried to
>> adjust it.
>> Just ask my wife for conformation as she didn't like the 100% volume
>> every time I adjusted the sound level in vlc or xmms etc.
>> So try to adjust the volume I did.....but wait I'll get it right this
>> time....Turn the damn thing down!!!! She screamed.
>> Ok just let me..... TURN THE DAMN THING OFF!!!
>>
>> Removed PA and only using ALSA equals working properly. As a bonus there
>> is peace in the house ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Did you try
>
> flat-volumes = no
>

No just ripped out PA.  That returned me back to what worked for me.