bug#39104: closed (GNOME: System sound silenced when I log out and then log back in)

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> GNOME: System sound silenced when I log out and then log back in
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> Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:37:48 -0500
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> Everytime I log out and then log back in, the system sound is silenced. Most of 
> the time, I can't turn it on using GNOME controls for sound, I have to reboot 
> to get sound back.
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> ## Steps to reproduce
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> 1. Boot the Guix System.
> 2. Log in to the GNOME desktop.
> 3. Check that the system volume is up by moving the mouse wheel over the volume 
> icon (top-rigth).
> 3. Play some audio or video to make sure sound works.
> 4. Log out.
> 5. Log back in.
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> ## Unexpected result
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> * The system sound is silenced. The icon to the top-right corner of the desktop 
> displays an x mark.
> * Sometimes hovering over the sound icon and increasing the volume with the 
> mouse wheel is enough to get sound again.
> * Most of the time, doing the same as above changes the icon to a state that 
> represents that the volume is up now, but you can't hear anything when playing 
> audio or video.
> * In the latter case, when you go to "GNOME Control Center → Sound", the system 
> volume slider is set to silence and the rest of the sound controls appear 
> grayed out, they are disabled 
> (https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/sound-controls-disabled-2020-01-09.png).
>  Turning up the system volume there does not fix sound. If I reboot, sound  
> works again.
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> (Also, after step 4, when you are in the log in screen, the sound icon is in 
> silenced state. I don't know, but if sound is silenced automatically once you 
> enter the login screen, screen readers could be affected negatively...)
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> ## Expected result
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> * The system volume is up (on the same level you left it when you logged out).
> * Sound works when you play audio or video.
> * When you go to "GNOME Control Center → Sound", sound controls are not 
> disabled.
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> ## Additional information
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> At least another person has experienced something similar. See:
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> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-01/msg00048.html
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> ## System information
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> LANG=C guix describe
> Generation 7    Jan 08 2020 13:53:10    (current)
>   guix f98c050
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: f98c050c2017be06cff54abf965a8234f6998f76
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> I can't reproduce this anymore using guix 08d8c2d. I don't know which commit 
> fixed it.
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