Think it's not about gnome, but about pulseaudio/alsa. I have the same problem, you can try first workaround from this guide.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems/KarmicCaveats#Volume%20range%20anomalies After this my volume control works as expected. -- volume control app operates over ~25% of range https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508733 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
