Ubuntu
alsa-driver package

  1. Bug #569926
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 569926

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Basically, your hardware is exposing crap dB information. PulseAudio tries to honor the existing dB info provided via the driver, which leads to this bad experience.

See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems/KarmicCaveats#Volume%20range%20anomalies