for anyone's information though, I got around it by installing pulseaudio and using that that that gets the volume controls and keys without having to adjust manually
Unhappily from the hardy alpha I have tried this bug is still persistant, although again setting to pulseaudio (which is standard) will help. Here's hoping the final release will cure, but if not, looks like the only easy solution is pulseaudio -- Erratic volume control behaviour with different USB audio devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155109 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