Comment 2 for bug 465384

Please see my blog post on using ignore_dB=1.

On Oct 30, 2009 3:35 PM, "kunami" <email address hidden> wrote:

Public bug reported:

The sound is uncomfortably loud even at 20% volume. In previous versions
of Ubuntu, a workaround was to decrease PCM volume to around 30-40%, but
I can't find anything to adjust it in the new volume control dialog, nor
does adjusting it in 'alsamixer' seem to work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jms 2034 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: jms 2034 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf4500000 irq 22'
  Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20549 (Venice)'
  Components : 'HDA:14f15045,1631c103,00100100'
  Controls : 18
  Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Fri Oct 30 19:11:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_PT.UTF-8
 LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
    Importance: Undecided
        Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug i386

--
Sound too loud
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465384
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Audio Team, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in ubuntu.

Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
The sound is uncomfortably loud even at 20% volume. In previous versions of
Ubuntu, a workaround was to decrease PCM volume to around 30-40%, but I
can't find anything to adjust it in the new volume control dialog, nor does
adjusting it in 'alsamixer' seem to work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jms 2034 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: jms 2034 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf4500000 irq 22'
  Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20549 (Venice)'
  Components : 'HDA:14f15045,1631c103,00100100'
  Controls : 18
  Simple ctrls : 8
Date: Fri Oct 30 19:11:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_PT.UTF-8
 LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686