Cannot change volume in xmms

[Anthony Lanni]

      Clint, I didn't see a final resolution to this issue so I tried it out on my Powerbook G3 Pismo - I have the same problem with my sound (actually I have several, but I'll get to that later).  I followed this thread with interest, and found that using the Volume Control app (through 'Sound and Video') I could change the volume, not with the main volume control, but with the speaker control next to it.

      On a whim I poked the volume control buttons on the keyboard, and had control there, too.  I suspect that pbuttonsd is capturing the volume control; I don't have this issue on my G4 tower, which doesn't have pbuttons running.
      I'm afraid I haven't had time to investigate further; perhaps you or someone else can shed some light on the issue?

thx
       anthony

> 
> On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 21:51, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
> > Friends:
> > 
> > I cannot change the volume in xmms (Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 with latest 
> > updates running on a PowerBook G3 Series Wallstreet). Clicking and 
> > moving the volume widget has no effect on sound volume (see my 
> > workarounds, below). Does anyone else have this problem? Better still, 
> > does anyone else know how to fix it?
> > 
> > I listen to streaming Internet radio (NPR on KCRW Simulcast 
> > <http://205.188.234.68:8018/> -- highly recommended) using xmms. The 
> > Output Plugin I have selected in xmms is "OSS Driver 1.2.7 [libOSS.so]." 
> > Also, if I select Kicker -> Sound & Video -> Sound Mixer (which brings 
> > up KMix), I cannot change either the system volume or the xmms volume. Darn.
> > 
> > The only ways I can change the volume are [1] to change the overall 
> > system volume using the hardware volume key that brings up "pbbuttonsd," 
> > or [2] move the "Preamp" widget in the Equalizer (since the stream is 
> > buffered, this has the entertaining/infuriating effect of being delayed 
> > 5-8 seconds).
> > 
> > Any help?
> >
> > As always, thanks for the combined wisdom of the Yellow Dog General List!
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Clint

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