The Alsa sound level works just fine (if I use alsa-mixer or gnome-alsa- mixer) but the gnome master volume level works as described. That would point to pulse-audio introducing some offset?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882734 Title: [USB-Audio - C-Media USB Headphone Set, playback] volume slider problem/ No sound on this and lower volume levels Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There is no Sound if I set the volume to a level lower than approximatelly 25%. If i set it higher than 25% it is already very very loud. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: raphael 2545 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: raphael 2545 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC2D0p: raphael 2545 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: raphael 2545 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfcff8000 irq 46' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,1043837a,00100000' Controls : 37 Simple ctrls : 21 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe9fc000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de0014,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 4 Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'Set'/'C-Media USB Headphone Set at usb-0000:00:1a.1-2, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB0d8c:000c' Controls : 7 Simple ctrls : 3 Date: Thu Oct 27 20:54:43 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: Audio Adapter - C-Media USB Headphone Set Symptom_Type: Volume slider, or mixer problems Title: [USB-Audio - C-Media USB Headphone Set, playback] volume slider problem UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (12 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/31/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0801 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5Q SE2 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0801:bd03/31/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5QSE2:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/882734/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp