i guess the guilty one is the sound applet of gnome, so assigning to gnome-applets...
** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-applets -- Missing PCM volume control limits laptop sound volume https://launchpad.net/bugs/49607 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs