I face this issue in a similar way. I have "Front" two times in KMix and also "PCM".
When I put both "Front" to full throttle, and "PCM" to medium throttle, everything is smooth at normal volume except system notifications (e.g. Kopete sounds). Funny, both "Front" sliders are working, I can use both of them for the same channel. Since about 6 months this is sometimes better (e.g. only one Front channel) or worse (like now). Using Kubuntu 8.10 64bit Attachment: Screenshot of KMix ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of KMix" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19912272/kmix.png -- sound problem: kde 4.1.2 system notifications very loud (intel hda) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278048 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