#10122 HIGH 10.1.3: distance not working well on XO-1.5

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#10122: distance not working well on XO-1.5
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           Reporter:  dsd                        |       Owner:  bemasc       
               Type:  defect                     |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  high                       |   Milestone:  10.1.3       
          Component:  acoustic-measure-activity  |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:                             |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  review                     |    Verified:  0            
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Comment(by erikos):

 Replying to [comment:14 godiard]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 erikos]:
 > > Replying to [comment:12 godiard]:
 > > > The attached patchs do the following:
 > > > 1) At the activity start, save the values of volume and set value at
 100%. When the activity close restore to the initial values. In my tests I
 couldn't measure more than 4 meters with the volume at 80% (the default
 value). When I set to 100%  I could measure 12 meters.
 > >
 > > I wonder a bit if an activity should be setting the general Volume. At
 least in GNOME you have relative volumes (though we use pulseaudio there).
 Maybe we can get away with an alert to set the volume to high?
 > >
 >
 > You say we must ask the user to set the volume?

 Yes, I think it is not good practice to set the general volume level of
 Sugar in an activity.

 I actually think that it makes sense to inform the user in any case that
 the volume should be raised when using distance. He might better
 understand what the activity is about and how it works.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10122#comment:15>
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