max volume setting won't "stick"

[Ric Moore]

On 03/16/2012 08:00 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
> Hopefully someone out there can save me a bit of searching time:
>
> Ubuntu 10.10, the sound applet on the task bar. If I open the "sound
> preferences" dialogue, I see the output level is at about 60%. The
> applet itself, and all other applications, treat that as the maximum
> volume. That is, the most I can get out of my computer is about 60% of
> the maximum volume I know it is capable of.
>
Use alsamixer first! pavucontrol second. Pulse merely sits on top of 
what alsa is set to. If you set alsamixer to 50%, pulse will show 100% 
of of what is actually 50%. This should fix it for you. Ric

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