may be pulseaudio expect separate volume controls
Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf5ff4000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892' Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 64 Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 64 Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] but Card hw:1 'XFi'/'Creative X-Fi 20K1 SB073x' Mixer name : '20K1' Simple mixer control 'Center/LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 256 Mono: Front Left: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 256 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196318 Title: When I slide subwoofer volume above 100%, other volumes also go up. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1196318/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs