Comment 74 for bug 410948

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=9363330&postcount=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