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Description of problem: At volume settings below about 15% there is no audio output, once the volume is set to higher than 15% the audio output starts working, but it is a sudden jump in volume (ie the output is not very quiet). Basically it appears to be impossible to set the output volume to low levels. It seems that if the volume is set to just above the point where the output disappears quiet periods in the audio will lead to the output disappearing again, at which point it won't re-appear until the volume setting is increased. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pulseaudio-0.9.21-6.fc13.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start audio playing (eg Amarok, or Flash videos) 2. Set the volume in kmixer OR pavucontrol to <15% Actual results: No audio output Expected results: Low volume audio output Additional info: This is on a Dell XPS M1210 Laptop with Intel HDA audio http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_edc7df6d-4f5d-40be-9af7-4e963c13d66b
Created attachment 412499 [details] Screencast of "alsamixer -c0" showing incorrect setting of "Master" control I'm seeing the same issue on a Dell Latitude D620 with Fedora 12. I watched "alsamixer -c0" while adjusting the PulseAudio volume via the GNOME panel applet, and PulseAudio seems to be incorrectly setting the "Master" control to zero when the PulseAudio volume is low. See the attached screencast.
The workaround described in the link below (ignore_dB=1) greatly improves the behaviour of the volume control for me https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems/KarmicCaveats#Volume%20range%20anomalies
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