On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 00:42 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
On Sat, 25.04.09 14:57, Callum Lerwick (seg(a)haxxed.com) wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 03:38 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > Juggling with numbers like this is pointless in Free Software. We
> > have no clue about our end users.
>
> We have plenty of clues about our end users. It's called "verbal
> communication".
Ah, "verbal communication"? I see, that's what you call saying "Fuck
you" to upstream.
Well, if you insist, let's take another look at that message:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-April/msg01773.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-April/msg01852.html
On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 01:31 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
On Wed, 22.04.09 14:51, Callum Lerwick (seg(a)haxxed.com) wrote:
> > > > > Can I at least get a secret gconf key to do what
> > > > > I want? :P
This is the second time I politely ask for some direction as to achieve my goal.
> > > > The volume control uses PulseAudio, it
doesn't use ALSA directly
> > > > anymore, so no, there's no secret GConf key for that.
Finally, a hint. What I want lies within the PulseAudio daemon itself. I
did not know that until I was told, just now.
> > > So a PulseAudio config option then. Do I have to write
the patch myself?
I continue attempting to get some direction a third time. I start
getting annoyed. I display my willingness to write a patch if necessary.
> > Probably not a PA config option either.
> >
> > The volume control applet will show a mixer for input devices if an
> > application is recording on it. You'd just need to make the mixer think
> > that something is recording on that device. I'm not sure how to do that,
> > but Lennart might.
>
> No, you are misunderstanding. I don't want to adjust the input volume. I
> want it left alone. I want the master left alone. Master stays at 0dB,
> Line stays at 0dB. I want PA to dink with PCM instead of Master.
Still annoyed, and apparently getting misunderstood. Which is annoying.
You can pass a parameter (control=) when loading the PA ALSA plugin
(module-alsa-sink) which specifies the ALSA mixer element to
choose. It's intended to be used as a hackish work-around for drivers
that don't name their controls properly.
Wow, finally, exactly the information I was looking for. I don't know
your codebase, Lennart. The polite thing to do is guide a fellow coder
through your codebase, that you know, and are familiar with, by
definition. I just wanted your help, Lennart.
... It doesn't work, but I guess the bridge to further guidance is
burned.
> Let's just reverse that then:
>
> --- pulseaudio-0.9.15/src/modules/alsa/alsa-util.c 2009-04-13
16:11:32.000000000 -0500
> +++ pulseaudio-0.9.15.patched/src/modules/alsa/alsa-util.c 2009-04-22
14:23:49.367297597 -0500
> @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@
> else if (profile)
> e = pa_alsa_find_elem(m, profile->playback_control_name,
profile->playback_control_fallback, TRUE);
> else
> - e = pa_alsa_find_elem(m, "Master", "PCM",
TRUE);
> + e = pa_alsa_find_elem(m, "PCM", "Master",
TRUE);
> break;
>
> case SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE:
I ATTEMPTED A PATCH! SEE, IT'S RIGHT THERE!
The mixer handling code changed a couple of times after this.
The patch fails, yes. Some further guidance would be nice.
> Suggestion: Make fallback order a config option. You are
hardcoding
> policy. That's a no-no.
No. This has nothing to do with policy.
We want to control the 'outermost' volume slider. Because that's the
one that most likely controls the actual analog amplifier if there is
any. Controlling 'PCM' is kind of pointless on most modern cards since
it is implemented digitally.
It simply doesn't make any sense to pick 'PCM', unless the driver is a
bit weird and doesn't have a 'Master' control.
And as mentioned there's a workaround, you can specify the control for
a sink. But using that will break device autodetecting and hence the
whole profile logic. BTW, that option was contributed by someone with a
weird driver who supplied me with a patch. He didn't whine on a huge
thread on a mailing list, but just prepared a patch. Could be a good
role model for some other folks, don't you think?
And here it is. I already displayed a willingness to write a patch. I
*attempted* a patch. It's right there in the archives, signed with my
gpg key. It's right there in YOUR QUOTED MESSAGE, plain as day. Do you
read before you post? Do you possess *any* grip on reality?
And you DARE to suggest I'm just some lazy loudmouth making demands? Is
there any more succinct response to that level of dickery than "Fuck
you."? I sure can't think of one.
So seriously Lennart, Fuck you.
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End message.
And no, we have no hard numbers about anything our end users want. I
know your hubris and stuff but uh, sorry, in contrast to what you may
believe I don't think that you are representative for the mythical end
user of Fedora. You are just a very very vocal minority.
Yes, we get it. Any individual who speaks up is by definition a
minority. So there is absolutely no one you will listen to but yourself.