Thanks for the fix Jim. Works quite well. I have a Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller for the record, and have been experiencing this since Precise. On Quantal now.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995169 Title: master output volume doesn't affect actual volume Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The pulseaudio volume control (master "output volume" in sound settings, or the volume applet/keys) does not seem to affect the catual playback volume of my headphone output. The application- specific volume control in the sound settings does change the volume as expected. As far as I can tell, the actual output volume is 100% for any volume setting except "mute", which works. The motherboard's rear audio out gets its volume changed as expected. This was fine before I upgraded from oneric to precise. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: greg 22739 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: greg 22739 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: greg 22739 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf8ef8000 irq 72' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1989B' Components : 'HDA:11d4989b,10438372,00100300' Controls : 47 Simple ctrls : 27 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x8b4'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x8b4 at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:08b4' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum Capture channels: Mono Limits: Capture 0 - 3 Mono: Capture 2 [67%] [50.00dB] [on] Date: Sat May 5 10:00:31 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front Symptom_Type: Volume slider, or mixer problems Title: [System Product Name, Analog Devices AD1989B, Green Headphone Out, Front] volume slider problem UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-05 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0501 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P6TD DELUXE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0501:bd02/24/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TDDELUXE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/995169/+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

