Am going to leave this as 'incomplete' until this bugis addressed on way or the other. It makes proceeding here of no value - there is a definite possibility the pcm level won't matter whatsoever
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/592016 -- Defect: opening gnome-volume-control raises pcm level to 100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600412 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-media in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs