I have an HP laptop and, indeed, the volume steps are so large that after I've decreased the volume just 3 or 4 clicks from maximum, I can no longer hear anything. The weird thing is that even though I can't hear anything and I can see that the Master volume in alsamixer is zero, the volume notification bar is close to maximum. Ugly.
It would be nice if volume_step were availalbe in gconf or mate-conf. In the meantime, I found an elegant workaround... I was looking for a solution where I'd have BOTH reasonable volume steps AND the nice volume notification bar. I tried many things and went around in circles. This is the only solution that gave me both: 1. In a terminal, type alsamixer then increase Master volume to maximum 2. Change the volume button behavior to control PCM volume rather than Master by editing the /etc/pulse/default.pa and changing this line: # load-module module-alsa-sink to this: load-module module-alsa-sink control=PCM 3. restart Now the volume buttons control PCM. The steps are nice and the volume bar shows up normally. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133 Title: Ubuntu Oneric Volume Step Can Not be Changed Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Changing the volume step in gconf-editor does not do anything when adjusting the volume on a hardware dial. --- ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413) Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.0-0ubuntu5 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Tags: oneiric running-unity Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-08 (3 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/871133/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
