but your pulseaudio is 100% 0dB
index: 3 name: <alsa_input.pci-0000_05_01.0.analog-stereo> driver: <module-alsa-card.c> flags: HARDWARE HW_VOLUME_CTRL LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: SUSPENDED suspend cause: IDLE priority: 9059 volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% balance 0.00 base volume: 100% volume steps: 101 muted: no current latency: 0.00 ms max rewind: 0 KiB sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz channel map: front-left,front-right Stereo used by: 0 linked by: 0 configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 371.52 ms card: 2 <alsa_card.pci-0000_05_01.0> module: 7 properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" device.api = "alsa" device.class = "sound" alsa.class = "generic" alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" alsa.name = "ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback" alsa.id = "emu10k1" alsa.subdevice = "0" alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" alsa.device = "0" alsa.card = "1" alsa.card_name = "SB Audigy 1 [SB0090]" alsa.long_card_name = "SB Audigy 1 [SB0090] (rev.3, serial:0x511102) at 0xc000, irq 18" alsa.driver_name = "snd_emu10k1" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:05:01.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:04:00.0/0000:05:01.0/sound/card1" device.bus = "pci" device.vendor.id = "1102" device.vendor.name = "Creative Labs" device.product.id = "0004" device.product.name = "SB0090 Audigy Player" device.string = "hw:1" device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" device.buffering.fragment_size = "32768" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" device.profile.description = "Analogue Stereo" device.description = "SB0090 Audigy Player Analogue Stereo" alsa.mixer_name = "TriTech TR28602" alsa.components = "AC97a:54524123" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1321485 Title: No change to volume in lowest 20% of control To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1321485/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs