Volume Control Applet

everythingPC contact at everythingpc.net
Tue Apr 22 16:15:55 CDT 2003


Is any one that's running Mandrake 9.1 having the same problem I am with
the sound being muted by default on bootup. You have to open kmix and
just slightly move the slider and then it kicks in. This problem did not
exist with 9.0
Anybody know how to fix that?

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 11:42, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> Quoting Jason Clinton <me at jasonclinton.com>:  
>   
> > > For some reason Mandrake 9.1 installed without a volume control applet for  
> > > kpanel - something that seems obvious and essential to me.    
> > > Any suggestions on what applet to search for?   
>   
> > Kmix  
>   
> Ok, installed by default as part of KDE, but not listed in the  
> Multimedia/Sound menu.  Fixed by logging in as root and running kappfinder. 
>  
> Recent Mandrake installs (and RedHat, I think) have improved the interface in 
> that they allow you to run GUI configuration tools as root, prompting for 
> password.  However, they don't catch everything.  Both kappfinder and the 
> sound configuration had to be run as root, but Mandrake/KDE were happy to runn 
> the applications as a user - the changes just didn't apply. 
>  
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