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FS#46556 - [mpd] "problems setting volume"

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Szebenyi Balint (szebenyib) - Sunday, 04 October 2015, 11:16 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Thursday, 29 October 2015, 19:30 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
After upgrading my system, ncmpcpp says "problem setting volume". It comes down to mpd in this case, or better pulseaudio. The current pulseaudio and libpulse package is 7.0-2. The update happened a few days ago, but the previous one was months ago.

By chance I have tried downgrading pulseaudio and libpulse to 6.0-2 and to my surprise music started working again.

Youtube was playing with sound with 7.0-2 and there was no problem with sound level adjustments either.

I cannot remember adjusting the pulse conf files when I have installed my pc, but that could have happened. If needed I can attach those configs too.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
** pulseaudio-7.0-2
** libpulse-7.0-2
* config and/or log files etc.
** mpd.conf


Steps to reproduce:
1. Upgrade
2. Start mpd
3. Start ncmpcpp
4. Observe no sound and no playing activity
5. Downgrade to working version
   mpd.conf (15.7 KiB)
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Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 19:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 07 October 2015, 16:39 GMT
Does downgrading mpd to an earlier version fixes this issue? Could you also report this issue to mpd upstream?
Comment by Szebenyi Balint (szebenyib) - Saturday, 10 October 2015, 12:02 GMT
I have tried downgrading mpd, but then it would not start because of dependencies.
I have reported the bug upstream too. Check it here: http://bugs.musicpd.org/view.php?id=4440
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Thursday, 29 October 2015, 19:30 GMT
The upstream bug has been closed with the comment "unable to reproduce" and an indication that it might be a pulseaudio bug. I have not been able to reproduce this either, and I have tried on both pulse and non-pulse machines.

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