Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488513
Title:
Headphone output ear-bleedingly loud on Karmic
Status in “gnome-media” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
Binary package hint: gnome-media
I have a Dell Latitude D830 with a SigmaTel STAC9205 codec. One of
the quirks of this laptop is that the speakers are much quieter than
the headphones. Fortunately, there are three mixer controls: master,
speaker, and headphones. I usually have speaker set all the way up,
headphones set about 40% up, and use master to fine-tune the volume I
want. Unfortunately, the new Karmic version of gnome-media sets both
speaker and headphones to 100%, meaning that switching from speakers
to headphones by putting the headphones in the jack results in much,
much louder sound. The usable range of the volume control's slider
range becomes tiny, especially since the master slider has different
strange behavior in each release, but never is more than about 2/3rds
of the slider useful. It's really not possible with this laptop to
not have a separate volume control for headphones. While the ideal
functionality would be to keep master at 100% and have the speakers or
headphones mixer control be adjusted based on the jack state, I'd
settle for the pre-Karmic ability to control the headphones mixer
control directly.
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