Subject: bug#38172: closed (Re: [bug#39053] [PATCH] Add pulseaudio configuration and fix volume bugs)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:24:01 +0000

Your bug report

#38172: fixing dangerous PulseAudio defaults and giving it a record type

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: [bug#39053] [PATCH] Add pulseaudio configuration and fix volume bugs
From: Marius Bakke <[email-masked]>
To: Leo Prikler <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:23:26 +0100
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Leo Prikler <[email-masked]> writes:

> This series of patches adds a configuration type for pulseaudio and also fixes
> a bug, where various applications would inadvertently max out the system volume
> (see e.g. #38172).

Thanks!  I've pushed the patches with mentioned tweaks in
2c7511fb6..71e33e32f.

Subject: fixing dangerous PulseAudio defaults and giving it a record type
From: raingloom <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:09:41 +0100
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Discussion from IRC:
http://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2019-11-11.log#213424

Basically it makes volume settings behave in erratic and surprising
ways that are not obvious even to seasoned Linux users, including
sudden loud noises.

The fix is as simple as adding "flat-volumes = no"
to .config/pulse/daemon.conf, but this should really be a system
default.

However, rather than patching it, the consensus seems to be that we
should create a <pulseaudio-configuration> record type.
http://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2019-11-11.log#213953