I found I have no sound so I went searching for a suitable module and insetted it into the kernel. However, gnome mixer insists on using non-existent /dev/sound/mixer. Starting the full volume control or restarting the applet makes it possible to change the volume. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. start gnome 2. modprobe a soundcard module 3. try to set volume Actual Results: impossible to set volume on the new soundcard Expected Results: applet should recognize new soundcard automagically or there should be an option to re-probe soundcards. equery b mixer_applet2 [ Searching for file(s) mixer_applet2 in *... ] gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.8.1.1 (/usr/libexec/mixer_applet2) gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.8.1.1 (/usr/share/gnome/help/mixer_applet2) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/ppc/2005.0, gcc-3.4.1, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r2, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 ppc 740/750 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.3 [2.3.3 (#1, Feb 4 2005, 04:12:03)] ccache version 2.2 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.4, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.3-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r7 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=750" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=750" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org" USE="X a52 aac alsa bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib caps cdb cdparanoia cdr crypt ctype cups dga dio divx4linux doc dv dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd ethereal examplaes exif expat f77 fam fbcon ffmpeg flac flash foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hardened howl iconv imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jack java javascript jikes jpeg kerberos lcms ldap libwww mad matroska ming mmap mozilla mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam perl pic pie png ppc python quicktime readline recode ruby samba sasl sdl session shared sharedmem slang socket spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l vcd wmf xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY Use from /var/db X a52 aac alsa bash-completion berkdb bzlib caps cdb cdparanoia cdr crypt ctype cups dga dio divx4linux doc dv dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd ethereal examplaes exif expat f77 fam fbcon ffmpeg flac flash foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hardened howl iconv imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 jack java javascript jikes jpeg kerberos lcms ldap libwww mad matroska ming mmap mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam perl pic pie png ppc python quicktime readline recode ruby samba sasl sdl session shared sharedmem slang socket spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex theora tiff truetype unicode usb v4l vcd wmf xml xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid zlib
this is an upstream problem, file it there, leave the link here. I think the problem is an applet initializes just once, restarting the applet should also fix it. I'm not sure, but rewrite in the 2.9 series might already have fixed this.
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