I've been experiencing this problem too for a *long* time now, ever since Breezy IIRC. I came across the solution the parent suggested, but it would be nice to see a permanent solution or even a 'fixed' hack to resolve this. People on the Ubuntu forums suggested you can get the 'max' value for PCM volume in a configuration file... currently looking into it. This may not be an issue for most, but for people who have high quality home theater soundsystems hooked up to Ubuntu might not be too happy.
-- Volume levels in mixer are not correctly defined https://launchpad.net/bugs/42043 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
