Workaround posted on KDE tracker (I can confirm that it works): http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136378#c15
Basically, it doesn't know what master channel to adjust the volume on until you manually set it. Even though it's automatically set to "Master", it doesn't use that autoset value correctly; you have to manually set it. -- KMix ignores global shortcuts in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/69352 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs