This seems to be finally fixed in interpid, take a look Here this bug vanished
-- [Gutsy] Erratic volume control behaviour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158590 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs