Public bug reported: These cards are picked up as having mute/VolUp/VolDown buttons, but they only ever report a VolDown. Windows behavior (without manually installed drivers) appears to match OS-side volume to the display on the card, which suggests the card tries to report its volume level as an absolute value. Ubuntu interprets it as turning the volume down (even if the volume was actually turned up).
My workaround was to remap the "buttons" on the card to "reserved" using the hwdb and manage OS-side volume with media keys on my actual keyboard. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: udev 237-3ubuntu10.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME CustomUdevRuleFiles: 90-pulseaudio-local.rules 70-snap.core.rules Date: Sat Mar 23 23:42:31 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-12 (193 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-16-generic root=UUID=fec38878-ce70-47ad-a40b-7710266eb99b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2004 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: H87M-E dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2004:bd08/07/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH87M-E:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.sku: All dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821496 Title: Sennheiser GSX 1000/1200 Volume control is interpreted badly Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: These cards are picked up as having mute/VolUp/VolDown buttons, but they only ever report a VolDown. Windows behavior (without manually installed drivers) appears to match OS-side volume to the display on the card, which suggests the card tries to report its volume level as an absolute value. Ubuntu interprets it as turning the volume down (even if the volume was actually turned up). My workaround was to remap the "buttons" on the card to "reserved" using the hwdb and manage OS-side volume with media keys on my actual keyboard. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: udev 237-3ubuntu10.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME CustomUdevRuleFiles: 90-pulseaudio-local.rules 70-snap.core.rules Date: Sat Mar 23 23:42:31 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-12 (193 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-16-generic root=UUID=fec38878-ce70-47ad-a40b-7710266eb99b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2004 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: H87M-E dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2004:bd08/07/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH87M-E:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.sku: All dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1821496/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp