Triaged to Confirmed. I have a similar HP-Compaq with similar volume control problem. It's a known issue that this embedded sound chip can't be linked to the first sound card channel. (I believe that the digital signal is on the first channel and that is what alsa-mixer controls by default.) There were promises of a fix in Gutsy, but I think it's a hardware issue that can't be fixed with a simple channel assignment.
** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Intel ICH5 audio: master volume control ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159404 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