PA is setting the volumes to max as documented at PulseAudioStoleMyVolumes. The correct way to work around this subjective symptom of "too loud" is either to configure module-alsa-sink to control only one mixer element (see the control parameter), or squash what's reported for 0 dB in the driver.
** Package changed: alsa-lib (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- X login screen volume always set to max; crazy loud https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
