Strange sound phenomenon in Fedora Core 5.

[Michael Schwendt]

On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen <erik at epo.dk> wrote:
> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On 02/07/07, Erik P. Olsen <erik at epo.dk> wrote:
> >> The following scenario can be repeated over and over again:
> >>
> >> 1. Get some sound out of your speakers - f.ex. your favourite music
> >> 2. Mute the sound
> >> 3. Launch a console (gnome-terminal)
> >>
> >> Then sound is unmuted again. Is that normal, a bug or can it be
> >> controlled
> >> somewhere?
> >
> > Is   " gnome-terminal --disable-sound "  enough?
> >
> I tried that but it had no effect.

That increases the likelihood that it's a bug, because gnome-terminal
is directly linked against ALSA lib (libasound) and most likely uses
it for some "features".