So this bug proved that even in the 1% where people do contribute and provide a fast easy to implement solution, it still dies of old age rather than getting attended to : mainly because something which could cause physical harm gets classed as "wishlist" importance.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378325 Title: X login screen volume always set to max; crazy loud Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm Whenever I boot my laptop from scratch (i.e. not resuming from standy/hibernate), the X/gdm login screen will play a sound effect when it's ready for me to log in. The problem is, this sound effect is always played at the hardware's maximum volume setting (or at least, something insanely loud) which is extremely annoying for other people nearby (and me!) gdm/something should set the volume to some sane level prior to playing this sound. Even better if "gdmsetup" were to allow configuration of the volume. Note, I'm aware of some WARs: * Disable the login sound. Not acceptable: Simply disabling the feature because it's buggy doesn't actually fix the underlying bug. * Plug in headphones, or a dummy jack. Not acceptable: I don't use headphones and hence don't carry them around. I don't want some dummy jack plugged into the side of my laptop, thus changing the laptop's shape (and, I'd have to unplug it after login to use sound) * Various script hacks with "alsactl save/restore". Not acceptable: This feature should "just work" out of the box without my Grandma having to hack at arcane scripts or config files. Note: This issue is visible in Jaunty Jackalope i386 (and presumably all arch's) on either the live CD or an HD-based installation. Note that to fix this on the live CD, a gdmsetup-based volume configuration option wouldn't be useful, because a) it wouldn't solve the issue for the first boot, and b) there's nowhere to store the configuration across reboots (or if there is, it's sufficiently complex that my Grandma couldn't use it) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/378325/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
