Bug 14283 - aumix: error opening mixer: No such file or directory
Summary: aumix: error opening mixer: No such file or directory
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Shlomi Fish
QA Contact:
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Whiteboard: MGA5TOO
Keywords: 6sta2, Triaged
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2014-10-15 08:37 CEST by Bit Twister
Modified: 2020-11-01 12:40 CET (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: aumix-text-2.9.1-11.mga8.src.rpm
CVE:
Status comment:

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Description Bit Twister 2014-10-15 08:37:57 CEST 
Description of problem:

$ aumix

returned code=1

aumix:  error opening mixer: No such file or directory

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. aumix
2.
3.


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2014-10-20 20:36:48 CEST 
is pulseaudio running ?

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Assignee: bugsquad => shlomif

Comment 2 Bit Twister 2014-10-20 21:30:45 CEST 
> is pulseaudio running ?

Yes, as a system daemon/service

$ systemctl is-active pulseaudio
active
Shlomi Fish 2014-10-21 08:09:23 CEST

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

Comment 3 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-19 21:25:44 CEST 
Is this bug still present in latest cauldron?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 4 Bit Twister 2015-05-19 22:10:41 CEST 
Yup.

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-19 23:40:54 CEST

Summary: 5a2: aumix: error opening mixer: No such file or directory => aumix: error opening mixer: No such file or directory

Comment 5 Shlomi Fish 2015-05-20 08:39:34 CEST 
One should note that aumix runs fine after pulseaudio was disabled using draksound and the system was rebooted. Perhaps it is not intended to be used with pulseaudio. Maybe ask upstream.
Samuel Verschelde 2015-06-06 16:00:35 CEST

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA5TOO

Bit Twister 2017-01-30 22:58:24 CET

Source RPM: aumix-2.9.1-5.mga5.src.rpm => aumix-2.9.1-7.mga6.src.rpm
Status comment: (none) => 6_s2

Bit Twister 2017-01-31 18:30:05 CET

Status comment: 6_s2 => (none)
Keywords: (none) => 6sta2

Comment 6 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-11-01 11:32:16 CET 
Cauldron SRPM: aumix-2.9.1-11.mga8
Status of this bug?

Upstream no release since May 6th, 2010! Ten years!

Quick online search: no PulseAudio support and it relies directly on manipulating ALSA, which is not the recommended way with PulseAudio.

@Shlomi, this discusses the purpose of this package. I see Ubuntu/Debian continues to provide it. It is not used under Plasma, Gnome, Xfce, Mate, Cinnamon. Only to text interfaces.

CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Comment 7 Bit Twister 2020-11-01 12:40:16 CET 
(In reply to Aurelien Oudelet from comment #6)
> Cauldron SRPM: aumix-2.9.1-11.mga8
> Status of this bug?
> 
> Upstream no release since May 6th, 2010! Ten years!
> 
> Quick online search: no PulseAudio support and it relies directly on
> manipulating ALSA, which is not the recommended way with PulseAudio.

FYI: aumix-text is now installed in MGA7 and 8 instead of amuix and 
prints out the same error message.

Yes, but comes in handy to set a desired volume level, then use alsactl
to save/reset sound volume level.

For example, using firefox you might jack up volume level when viewing
a video. Upon exit I reset the volume level with alsactl to keep from
blasting out a high volume level sound from some other application.

I have been using the same saved asound.state file since Aug 7 2016

Steps to reproduce
1 aumix-text

Source RPM: aumix-2.9.1-7.mga6.src.rpm => aumix-text-2.9.1-11.mga8.src.rpm
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