[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2011-10-12 Thread Farran
I can't contribute anything to this in the way of help, but I also have this 
issue with my headphones - I can provide any hardware and bug information you 
need to sort this out.
I've just upgraded to Oneiric on my mum's computer, and now we're having this 
volume problem with the headphones (possibly with the main speaker output as 
well, although I can't test this right now), rendering her headphones totally 
unusable.

As with several other people who have commented on here, I can get
perfect volume with the alsamixer control, but when I change the volume
with the volume keys (or through the pulseaudio mixer), the volume
levels go all over the place. In fact, watching them change in alsamixer
is really weird - none of the changes seem to make sense.

If an actual fix is found (even if only for my soundcard 'ICH7 82801G'),
could someone please post it to http://askubuntu.com/questions/65565
/headphone-output-is-far-too-loud as well?

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2011-10-01 Thread xvegan88x
It's 2011 and still audio under linux is a mess :(

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-12-08 Thread Lee Braiden
Also affecting me.

I don't know if others are seeing slightly different symptoms, or have
misinterpreted.  For me, the problem is simply:

* surround and LFE seem to be equivalent, at least in that they both adjust up 
the sub-woofer volume.
* the LFE and Surround volume levels are maximised by default
* If I set these to lower levels in alsamixer, then everything sounds great.  
However, adjusting the volume control in gnome's panel immediately ramps these 
right up to 100% again, as if someone made the assumption that you'd always 
want pumping basslines, even if you turn the overall volume down.

Setting a sane surround and LFE volume by default, saving volume levels
across reboots, and setting surround and LFE to volume = ignore in the
aforementioned config file is all I really need to fix this.  Slightly
better would be for the gnome volume to move LFE and surround
proportionally to the main volume.  Ideal would be for ALSA to present
these levels relative to the main volume, rather than as absolute
values.

Also, some have suggested that gnome's volume control should adjust the
PCM volume.  I think that would be broken.  My expectation of the gnome
volume control, when only one slider is presented, is that it adjusts
the master volume, and (although it fails in this), there would be an
advanced option where individual sliders/toggles/etc. could be
accessed.

Note that I'm running an Asus P7P55D-E LX mobo, with a Logitech 5.1
surround speaker system, though I haven't bothered connecting the
surround speakers.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-12-08 Thread Lee Braiden
I just realised that Daniel T. Chen tagged this Won't fix?!  Frankly,
that's INSANE.  Just because there's a way to fix it manually, it does
not mean that ubuntu should not work to fix it by default.  The current
behavior is ILLOGICAL, UNEXPECTED, INTERFERING, and ANNOYING.

This is the most annoying bug in ubuntu for me right now, which means I
have to go back to text-based alsamixer just to watch videos with
reasonable volume levels.  I have to LEAVE it open, too, because the
stupid default GUI controls reset everything against my explicit
settings.

This is a BIG usability problem, which many people above are also
experiencing.  If I demo'd Ubuntu to a new potential user, thsi would
probably be the kind of flaw that would make them think Ubuntu was too
buggy to use.  Please take it seriously and get it sorted out.  Frankly
it's embarrassing that Ubuntu hasn't already released an update to fix
this.

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-12-08 Thread Daniel T Chen
@Lee That's because we shouldn't work around it in PulseAudio.  It
needs to be fixed at the driver level.  Have you filed a separate bug
report against alsa-driver?  (`ubuntu-bug alsa-base`)

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-05-26 Thread Stefan Goldmann
Hi there.

I wonder why no more comments have been posted for over two weeks now.
As far as I am concerned, the problem is still in place, and none of the
workarounds proposed above (using a pure PCM-control; passing
ignore_dB=yes to the module(s)) have worked out for me.

Anyway, I found another workaround which up to now works good for me. A more 
comprehensive description can be found here 
(http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9363330postcount=30). In summary:
1. Edit /etc/pulse/default.pa
2. In there, uncomment any autodetection modules (modules module-udev-detect, 
module-hal-detect, module-detect)
3. Add a line load-module module-alsa-sink device=surround40:0. Replace 
surround40:0  with whatever matches your configuration.
4. Open alsamixer and adjust the hardware controls to match the maximum output 
volume desired by you.
5. Restart pulseaudio via running killall pulseaudio within a terminal.

== PulseAudio now  does the volume control in software now, in a way
the user would expect, and leaves the hardware controls alone, i.e., as
you adjusted them.

I hope this does help some of you. I would be glad to get some feedback.

Best wishes, 
-- Stefan

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-05-26 Thread Stefan Goldmann
NOTE: In the post above, substitute uncomment by outcomment (step
2).

Sorry,
-- Stefan

BTW: Please nobody get me wrong. PA's idea of simplifying controls is
absolutely right. As soon as the original issue is fixed, I recommend to
immediately switch back to PA controlling the hardware volume.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-05-09 Thread Derek
Wow. Nothing like getting my ears blasted by ubuntu-bug after picking the 
least-worst of the radio buttons that was lacking an other category.  Guided 
support fail...
Oh well. Going ahead with that.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-05-08 Thread Derek
Having same issue w/ master volume that seems to only have values for
mute and ear blasting.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 02)
Chip: SigmaTel STAC9227 

Tried the replacing merge with ignore trick in alsa conf, didn't seem to
help (well, maybe there was a slight variation in volume, could be my
imagination).

ignore_dB=1 in pa didn't help either.

attempting control=PCM had interesting effect - it seemed volume
adjusted more correctly, but it kind of skipped and stuttered as I
adjusted it, and the application I was using (mplayer) hung completely
for a while, then skipped a bit, so I removed it.


FWIW, playing around in alsamixer, seems that, at least when using PA, master 
does nothing. PCM or Speaker 3 do seem to control volume correctly.

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-05-08 Thread Daniel T Chen
Derek, please file a separate bug against alsa-driver for your hw using
ubuntu-bug.

On May 8, 2010 6:26 PM, Derek b...@m8y.org wrote:

Having same issue w/ master volume that seems to only have values for
mute and ear blasting.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
Chip: SigmaTel STAC9227

Tried the replacing merge with ignore trick in alsa conf, didn't seem to
help (well, maybe there was a slight variation in volume, could be my
imagination).

ignore_dB=1 in pa didn't help either.

attempting control=PCM had interesting effect - it seemed volume
adjusted more correctly, but it kind of skipped and stuttered as I
adjusted it, and the application I was using (mplayer) hung completely
for a while, then skipped a bit, so I removed it.


FWIW, playing around in alsamixer, seems that, at least when using PA,
master does nothing. PCM or Speaker 3 do seem to control volume correctly.


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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-03-12 Thread Adam Kondracki
Here is the answer.
If you want. Write me. I explain this.
http://translate.google.pl/translate?js=yprev=_thl=plie=UTF-8layout=1eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.ubuntu.pl%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D709309%23post709309sl=pltl=en

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-01-20 Thread phenest
@Daniel - Status is Won't Fix. I guess by that you mean you can't fix
it. Should we take this up with the PulseAudio devs directly?

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-01-19 Thread Daniel T Chen
You should add volume=ignore stanzas for the appropriate mixer elements.

** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
   Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-01-07 Thread krisman18
same as @neuromancer  wrote on 2009-08-21:  #8

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2010-01-01 Thread pavolzetor
I have reported it, Bug #502151

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-12-22 Thread pavolzetor
I have that card

description: Audio device
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: p...@:00:1b.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:22 memory:fc40-fc403fff

and volume is too loud in Karmic

I've fixed it by that
sudo gedit /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf.common

change

[Element PCM]
switch = mute
volume = merge

to

volume = ignore

than set pcm in alsamixer to cca. 50%

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-12-22 Thread Daniel T Chen
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM, pavolzetor wrote:
 description: Audio device
 product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller

Unfortunately that doesn't contain any necessary information to fix
the bug. Please file a new bug using ubuntu-bug alsa-base.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-28 Thread Jonathon James
For me this bug (I assume it is the same) affects headphones only. I
have a Dell Inspiron 700m, ubuntu 9.10 x386.  I tried both workarounds
and neither works.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-14 Thread Fred W. Schwinn
I have the same problem on a Dell Precision M90.  Volume is either mute
or full blast.  Very little in between.  I appreciate all your efforts
in finding a swift fix for this show-stopper.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-14 Thread eof
Have the same problem. Dell Inspiron 710m. #17 workaround helps (thank
you phenest), but I think the new system is a bad idea.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-10 Thread mac.ryan
@Rico , @Daniel

Thanks for the advices guys. Seems that #17 fixed for me! :)
[Happy man]

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-09 Thread mac.ryan
@Daniel T Chen - I can confirm that the fix you proposed does *not* work
for DELL XPS M1710. If it might be useful, I have already uploaded the
verbose log in this same thread.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-09 Thread RIco
@mac.ryan
I have a DELL XPS M1710 as well. I didn't try Daniel T Chen fix, but #17 
(master and LFE to ignore, then set set them to 100% in alsamixer , then volume 
will be controled through PCE) solved part of the problem, i can now controll 
the volume with the front keys and it's not blowing the speakers on startup. At 
~15% though it still goes to 0 with some weird noises.

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel T Chen
@mac.ryan
First of all, ignore_dB=1 *isn't* a fix. This is hardware issue that
can be worked around in linux or pulseaudio, but the proper place to
do it is in linux -- the sound driver.

Second, ignore_dB=1 is a rather poor universal workaround. This is the
problem with bug reports: people see a comment and assume it applies
to everyone's hardware. Wrong. In your specific case, you want to use
the control parameter, which is passed to module-alsa-sink and
module-alsa-source in /etc/pulse/default.pa (or ~/.pulse/default.pa),
e.g.,

load-module module-alsa-sink control=PCM

At that point, PA only controls your PCM mixer control and ignores the
others. That's very different from ignore_dB=1, which simply tells PA
to ignore what linux tells it for the hardware volume range but
continues to adjust all the mixer controls.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-09 Thread Matthew Pirocchi
While passing ignore_dB=1 makes my volume level reasonable, it is no
longer possible to adjust it (from my laptop keys or the volume applet).
Is there any workaround for this?

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel T Chen
@Matthew See what I wrote to mac.ryan above.

On Nov 9, 2009 4:06 PM, Matthew Pirocchi matthew.piroc...@gmail.com
wrote:

While passing ignore_dB=1 makes my volume level reasonable, it is no
longer possible to adjust it (from my laptop keys or the volume applet).
Is there any workaround for this?

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Take Life Easy
Same problem as above with DELL Precision M90. My sound is unusable and
have muted it so not to blow the speakers up!

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Daniel T Chen
@Take Life Easy
Try passing ignore_dB=1 to module-udev-detect in /etc/pulse/default.pa
(or ~/.pulse/default.pa).

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Take Life Easy
@Daniel T Chen,

Within Sound Preferences, I have now set the master output volume as low
as it will go and then adjusted each applications volume down to an
acceptable level so I now have sounds again.

Many thanks for your help though.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Matthew Pirocchi
Daniel T Chen:
I'd like to try your tip, but I'm not sure what it means to pass ignore_dB=1 
to module-udev-detect in /etc/pulse/default.pa. Can you give more detailed 
instructions for a beginner?

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Daniel T Chen
@Matthew Pirocchi
Open /etc/pulse/default.pa with an editor. Keep in mind that it
requires root privileges to be modified. On line 54, change:

load-module module-udev-detect

to:

load-module module-udev-detect ignore_dB=1

Save the file, and in a Terminal, use:

killall pulseaudio

PA will respawn automatically.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Matthew Pirocchi
Thanks Daniel, that fixed my audio.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-08 Thread Martin Hollis
Daniel, that fix worked for me as well.  Is there a way to make the
volume keys change PCM as opposed to master?  I know this is the old
behavior, but it's very useful for keeping the sound levels the same for
my laptop between my laptop speakers, headphones, and external speakers.
Thank you.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-05 Thread Artsaypunk
Maybe this is common knowledge, but maybe it'll help someone out.

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300, and for me to get the merge-ignore fix to
work, I had to modify the analog-output-lfe-on-mono.conf file instead
of the ones mentioned here.  So if you have a multimedia laptop that
uses the Master-Mono channel for the subwoofer, give it a try.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-04 Thread phenest
@Daniel: When you say linux do you mean the kernel? I was under the
impression that this change was due to the old method being non-
intuitive. That kinda made me think it was an Ubuntu issue.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-04 Thread wolfie2x
Same here on fresh 9.10 install on Dell Inspiron 9400. (I assume
attaching another verbose log wouldn't make a difference)

I love Ubuntu and honestly hope something more than the typical finger
pointing (the bug is in *linux* not pulseaudio) will be done *soon*.
How many average users would be capable of googling the problem, finding
this bug report, reading through 40+ posts and pick the workaround, and
actually do terminal stuff to apply the easily applicable workaround!?

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-04 Thread Daniel T Chen
@wolfie2x I agree that it's a problem that needs to be fixed [in
linux]. For what it's worth, I have blogged about it[0] and linked to
it in ubuntuforums[1]. I expect that some people will be quite
frustrated and give up, and obviously that's why it needs to be fixed
[in linux].

Patches are welcome. I am not employed to work on Ubuntu, so every
minute where someone's contributions can be merged is a win for
everyone.


[0] http://drowninginbugs.blogspot.com/2009/10/caveats-for-audio-in-910.html
[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1307019

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-03 Thread Zeratul2k
Having the same problem here. Mine is a Gateway MT3707 updated to Karmic
from Jaunty. Also, after replacing merge with ignore in analog-
output.conf there's a nasty clicking sound instead of the expected sound
in the first two steps. For example, starting as muted I begin playing
an MP3, then step up the sound once and I hear some clicking. Step up
again and the clicking gets worse. Step up again and the clicking
disappears and the music finally starts coming through. Had to undo
changes to analog-output.conf because of that.

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-03 Thread Daniel T Chen
@Zeratul2k There are two additional ways. You can:

* Pass ignore_dB=1 to module-udev-detect in /etc/pulse/default.pa (or
~/.pulse/default.pa)
* Pass control=foo, where foo is the amixer element name, to
module-alsa-sink in /etc/pulse/default.pa (or ~/.pulse/default.pa)

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-02 Thread Hades_6_6_6
same here on fresh 9.10 install on Dell Inspiron 1501.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-11-01 Thread mac.ryan
Verbose log, as per request.

** Attachment added: Pulseaudio - log
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34862615/pulseverbose.log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread Qualidafial
Confirmed a huge jump in volume at about 25% when using the hardware
volume buttons.

** Attachment added: Here's another verbose log for you
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34749477/pulseverbose.log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread neuromancer
Another one verbose log.
Inspiron 9400.


** Attachment added: neuromancer pulseaudio log
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34758866/pulseverbose.log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread Taylor Ripps L-Wren
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
The log probably shows me switching from a custom sink I made that swaps my 
front and rear.

Note: I don't get the overdriven sound when I swap my front and rear, in
fact, it seems that pulseaudio isn't using alsa mixers to change volume
when I do that... kinda strange.

** Attachment added: pulseverbose.log
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34798175/pulseverbose.log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread phenest
I'm not sure what the purpose of these logs are. I mean, everyone knows
what the problem is: the alsa mixer tracks are increasing asynchronously
instead of the previous approach which was to select what tracks you
want the volume to control, thus having a selection of tracks moving
synchronously (or one track only). This is a bug as the current method
has undesirable effects. Put simply (and I'm sure all here will agree),
can we have the old method as found in Jaunty so the user can decide?

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread Daniel T Chen
The previous approach is non-intuitive for many people. Please google
for flat volume and see how other operating systems approach the
issue.

Also, you're incorrect that having overdriven audio is a PulseAudio
problem. It's both a hardware bug (broken hardware!) and a linux bug
(not exposing correct dB information!). It needs to be fixed
everywhere, but hardware is much hardware to fix after-the-fact...

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread phenest
If the change was to make it more intuitive, might I suggest to keep
this as default but include a switch so users can use the old method if
they want.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread realmrealm
Also have E1705 (9400)

Sound just about woke the house the first time I booted up into 9.10

I also noticed that volume all the way down = no sound at all

Volume at 1 tick up = full blast

-AndyS-

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-31 Thread Matthew Pirocchi
I have the same problem as realmrealm, but only with headphones in. I
have an 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
(according to lshw). I'll try to get a log for you in the next few days.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-30 Thread Jason Houston
I also have a Dell E1705, and a similar problem...my LFE volume is maxed
on boot up.  After login, I can reduce the LFE volume with ALSA mixer
but it returns to max on reboot.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-30 Thread softzilla
Confirm problem with Dell Inspiron 9400  HDA Intel.

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Re: [Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel T Chen
Gals/Guys, please attach your https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-30 Thread phenest
Here ya go!

** Attachment added: pulseverbose.log
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34723756/pulseverbose.log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-30 Thread jomtois

** Attachment added: Attachment log showing increasing / decreasing volume 
which goes in too large of steps up to blasting loud
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34734621/pulseverbose.log

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-15 Thread doclist
The default volume sounds loud enough to damage my speakers and my
hearing.

00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation
82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-14 Thread Captain Nemo
The fix proposed by phenest is OK for me ! (Dell Inspiron 9400)

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-14 Thread jomtois
The fix by phenest also works for me (Dell Inspiron E1705), however, I
must re-do it every time I reboot the computer.  The speakers blast loud
as possible when logging into Gnome.  The headphone jack seems to work
properly.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-06 Thread Pedro Villavicencio
Luke, may you have a look into the report? Thanks in advance.

** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: (unassigned) = Luke Yelavich (themuso)

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-10-05 Thread phenest
I have a fix based on someone else's idea:
Open /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf and change the 
LFE and Master sections so 'volume = ignore'. Then open alsamixer in a 
terminal, and set Master and LFE to 100%. You should now find that the volume 
hotkeys now control just PCM.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-19 Thread Taylor Ripps L-Wren
Okay, the latest pulseaudio in the ubunu-audio-dev ppa works a little
better, but I had to change the gconf app/gnome_settings_daemon/volume
step to 1 to have decent control over volume, as the highest I'd want my
headphones with this volume scheme is about 30%.

The only remaining issue is that it still maxes surround early on, when
it should follow the same movement master does with my soundcard.

Also, pulseaudio output is actually broken at the moment because it
causes nothing but static, but alsa output still works fine and volume
control affects alsa output as well. But this bug is unrelated to this
one and I've filed it at
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/432506

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-11 Thread Thomas Lauckner
I should mention that in my case (Dell Inspiron 9400 with Intel 82801G
(Ich7) HDA (rev 01)) the volume (especially of LFE) can be controlled
seperatly again so I can set the same values to master, pcm and lfe
manually. That's better than nothing.

But if I try to control the volume via laptop-keys or gnome-volume-
control, the problem still exists.

Using ubuntu karmic.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-11 Thread Thomas Lauckner
Sorry for being unclear: I should have written: The seperate control is
possible via alsamixer (in my case).

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-10 Thread neuromancer
Just a link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1234894page=2 with
analogue discussion in the Ubuntu Forum and a little workaround
meanwhile we expecting fix.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-09 Thread Daniel Lee
I have a laptop with only stereo out and the the pcm volume jumps
straight to 74% right away. The master catches up when the volume slider
is only at around 20% so 74% of max volume is compressed into only 20%
of the volume slider.

** Attachment added: rScreenshot-2.png
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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-09 Thread Greg Schneider
Similar problem - my audio doesn't start playing until 30% (in any sound
app) and 50% in Flash under Firefox. From there it scales to 100%, but
over a smaller interval so it's very hard to finely control it, not to
mention being frustrating to play at low levels.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-05 Thread Albert Einstein
I have the same problem, dell inspiron 9400 with LFE channel

Card: HDA Intel  │
Chip: SigmaTel STAC9200

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-09-01 Thread Pedro Villavicencio
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided = Medium

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-27 Thread Timo Saloranta
I can also confirm #6 on my Compaq 6715s laptop.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-21 Thread neuromancer
I've installed yesterday karmic koala alpha 4 in my inspiron 9400 (same as #7) 
and the audio isn't working correctly.
The behaviour is the same of #6.
The volume is too high. If I try to reduce it silence...

In pulseaudio volume controller the harware device is setted to analog stereo 
output (digital stereo duplex doesn't reproduce any sound). 
If I launch from shell the alsamixer, i see that my sigmatel has a PCM, Master 
and LFE and that PCM is setted to 100%, LFE also and Master is about 15%. If I 
try to reduce one of this volume I see that they are related in the same order 
of phenest (first PCM, then LFE and only when they are at 100% the Master start 
to increase but obviously the volume is now too high and disturbed).

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-15 Thread phenest
Karmic alpha 4
I'm finding the same as Taylor. I have a Dell Precision M90 laptop with an LFE 
channel (sub-woofer). Watching alsamixer, I see that PCM goes up first, 
followed by LFE, followed by Master. I won't allow anything else. Using the 
volume hotkeys gives the same results. This means my sub-woofer is at full 
volume before the main speakers start to do anything.

A fresh install of Karmic alpha 3 shows all the channels working
independently in alsamixer. So there has been an update since then that
has broken it.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-15 Thread Andrea Caminiti
Hi guys:

i'm having issues with pulseaudio too. I own a laptop Dell 9400
inspiron. It has a sub-woofer and it is controlled by LFE, master is the
front speakers and pcm was typically the real control, so i only had to
adjust one volume bar. With this new approach in 9.10 alpha 4 everything
is a big mess!

it's kind of cool, because know each application has independent volume
control. but it is harder to choose the volume control from the sound
card. i believe this is a bug, or maybe a misconception of how
pulseaudio should be integrated. there is no way the user can choose
which volume bar has the control. Hope that this solved pretty soon.

Is there any way i can provide you more information, just let me know.

Regards Andrea.

PS. I installed karmic 9.10 fresh new, i wiped out my hd to install it.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-14 Thread Taylor Ripps L-Wren
Hmm... I've made some observations on the volume-control's behaviour by 
watching alsamixer:
At mute (0% system volume), Master is 0%, PCM is 0%, and Surround is 0%.
System volume goes above 0%, PCM goes straight to 75% and than the Surround 
Slider.
System volume goes above 10%, Surround is at 100% and than the Master slider 
starts increasing.
System volume goes above 60%, Master is at 100% and than the PCM slider starts 
increasing.

Now, I have couple issues with this:
Why does PCM go straight to 75%, shouldn't it ease up there slowly right after 
mute?
Why is only the Surround slider moving between 0-10%. It doesn't have any 
affect on normal volume control. In fact, I think it's only used when the 
digital 5.1 audio is being used, which is not a normal use case.

Both PCM and surround should be going up gradually throughtout the
entire volume control process, not just jumping around illogically and
annoyingly.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-14 Thread Taylor Ripps L-Wren
Okay, I've determined that the Surround slider controls the volume of
the rear speaker port, while Master only control the front. It seems
that Surround should move identical to Master, but instead, it's moving
to highest volume at only 10%. Just wrong.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-14 Thread Andres Mujica
I'm having the same issue.

In fact, i blew out the right speaker of my laptop thanks to the
multiple volume controls available and the oddly behaviour explained
below.


** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
   Status: New = Confirmed

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-12 Thread Florian Schweikert
I had similar problems, at the moment it seems to work.
BUT, when I change Output from Speaker to HDMI or otherwise, sound controls 
jump to zero. If I enhance volume it immediately jumps back to zero - unusable.

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[Bug 410948] Re: Volume too loud

2009-08-09 Thread Taylor Ripps L-Wren

** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073880/AlsaDevices.txt

** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073881/AplayDevices.txt

** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073882/ArecordDevices.txt

** Attachment added: AudioDevicesInUse.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073883/AudioDevicesInUse.txt

** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073884/BootDmesg.txt

** Attachment added: Card0.Amixer.values.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073885/Card0.Amixer.values.txt

** Attachment added: Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073886/Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt

** Attachment added: Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.regs.txt
   
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073887/Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.regs.txt

** Attachment added: Card1.Amixer.values.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073888/Card1.Amixer.values.txt

** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073889/CurrentDmesg.txt

** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073890/Dependencies.txt

** Attachment added: PciMultimedia.txt
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30073891/PciMultimedia.txt

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410948
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