I'm experiencing the exact same symptoms on my Dell 1520. I had use the backports to get my sound working, and when I did, the volume/up down using the multimedia buttons show a visual indication of change in the center of the screen, but the mixer control's master volume is unaffected (dont know if something else is changing instead).
interestingly enough, mute *is* operational. -- Hardware Volume Control no longer works on Toshiba Laptop after upgrading to Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs