MediaPlayerConnectivity volume can't be adjusted

Problem: while using the MediaPlayerConnectivity add-on (to Firefox) to
watch C-SPAN

  • volume can not be adjusted using any sliders in KMix

  • right click on ‘speaker icon’ in tray and click on ‘mute’ does nothing

  • volume can not be adjusted using any slider in “Volume Control: SiS
    SI7012 (Alsa mixer)” launched by Menu > MultiMedia > Volume Control >
    Volume Control (Adjust the volume level)

  • volume can not be adjusted by using any slider in YaST > Hardware >
    Sound > Other > Volume

  • the only way to control the volume is with the hardware knob ON the
    speaker itself…and, i have to turn it WAY down…far lower than when i
    (for example) watch at youtube or listed to a CD…

Question: what am i doing wrong?

Hard/software:

motherboard ASRock K8Upgrade-760GX
Chipsets: North Bridge: SiS 760GX Chipset
Audio: 5.1 channels AC’97 Audio
info.product = ‘SiS SI7012 OSS PCM Device’
info.product = ‘SiS SI7012 ALSA Playback Device’
oss.card_id = ‘SiS SI7012 with CMI9761A+’
info.category = ‘alsa’
alsa.card_id = ‘SiS SI7012 with CMI9761A+’

openSuSE 10.3, fully patched
KDE 3.5.7 release 72.9, fully patched
Firefox 3.0.1
sound driver: snd-intel8x0 (seen in YaST)

Additional info:

  • there are no volume sliders in Personal Settings > Configure Desktop >
    Sound & Multimedia > Sound System


DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
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