KMix seems to be indirectly problematic in cases such as these: <https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/80412/post-524012> where I chose to force deletion of KMix, then create and register a fake manifest to prevent reinstallation; <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/75044/> involving a headset and a USB switch. Thoughts ======== On one hand: a logical response to this bug report might be, refrain from installing multimedia/kdemultimedia (instead: perform installation of discrete packages). On the other hand: logically, a person should not encounter such difficulties with audio – with or without USB. Given real-world difficulties with audio/USB, can multimedia/kdemultimedia be changed to _not_ depend upon KMix? At least, until difficulties can be more easily worked around or resolved. TIA
Yes, this sounds sensible.
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=7dc8045a63930a3a520e17723139003867b58c39 commit 7dc8045a63930a3a520e17723139003867b58c39 Author: Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-09-20 05:58:31 +0000 Commit: Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-09-20 06:06:30 +0000 KDE: change default sound mixer applet The kmix mixer is being replaced by the more flexible and integrated plasma-pa mixer from audio/plasma5-plasma-pa For this: - remove audio/kmix from the default options set in the metaport multimedia/kdemultimedia - add audio/plasma5-plasma-pa to the default options set in the metaport x11/plasma5-plasma If you do not want pulseaudio on your system and want to keep using the old mixer, you have multiple options: a) don't install the metaports (they only pull in other packages) b) manually build multimedia/kdemultimedia and x11/plasma5-plasma with your chosen options c) install both Reported by: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> PR: 258579 multimedia/kdemultimedia/Makefile | 4 +++- x11/plasma5-plasma/Makefile | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)