I can also confirm this issue, and affects ubuntu touch. After the device is booted, when playing something, it'll always be set to maxium, even though pactl list sinks shows the right volume
Once I change volume up or down, it gets to the right and expected volume level (abruptly changing the volume). In my case: Sink #1 State: SUSPENDED Name: sink.primary Description: Droid sink primary Driver: module-droid-card.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 7 Mute: no Volume: 0: 15% 1: 15% 0: -49.44 dB 1: -49.44 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 100% 0.00 dB Monitor Source: sink.primary.monitor Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.description = "Droid sink primary" device.class = "sound" droid.hw_module = "primary" device.icon_name = "audio-card" Ports: output-earpiece: Output to earpiece (priority: 200) output-speaker: Output to speaker (priority: 300) output-wired_headset: Output to wired headset (priority: 400, not available) output-wired_headphone: Output to wired headphone (priority: 400, not available) output-bluetooth_sco: Output to bluetooth sco (priority: 100) output-sco_headset: Output to sco headset (priority: 100) output-sco_carkit: Output to sco carkit (priority: 100) output-aux_digital: Output to aux digital (priority: 100) output-analog_dock_headset: Output to analog dock headset (priority: 100) output-digital_dock_headset: Output to digital dock headset (priority: 100) output-fm_tx: Output to fm tx (priority: 100) output-speaker+wired_headphone: Output to speaker+wired headphone (priority: 100) output-parking: Parking port (priority: 50) Active Port: output-speaker Formats: pcm This is already enough to set the right value: phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ pactl set-sink-volume sink.primary 16% ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/598308 Title: Volume at login set to Maximum To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/598308/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs