Public bug reported: I'm using Feisty Beta, all updates applied, in a Dell Inspiron 9400. Alsa version: 1.0.13
The problem is PCM controls master volume and Master controls pcm volume. $ lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at eff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] I/O ports at eff8 [size=8] Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at efec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at eff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at efebc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: efd00000-efdfffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: efa00000-efcfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000e01fffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at bf80 [size=32] 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 I/O ports at bf60 [size=32] 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 I/O ports at bf40 [size=32] 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 I/O ports at bf20 [size=32] 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32 Memory behind bridge: ef900000-ef9fffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1] I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] I/O ports at 0374 [size=1] I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 4 I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 Memory at ef9fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: <access denied> 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832 (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18 Memory at ef9fd800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Capabilities: <access denied> 03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19) (prog-if 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23 Memory at ef9fd400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at ef9fd500 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 Memory at ef9fd600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01cd Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 Memory at ef9fd700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1020 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at efdff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xefebc000 irq 20 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Mar 31 03:05:22 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux snifer-laptop 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- mislabeled volume controls (hda-intel) https://launchpad.net/bugs/99324 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs