On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Dave Ulrick wrote: >> It looks like my problem was indeed a pulseAudio feature. In pavucontrol >> I found a slider for "System Sounds" that was set to 90%. (I have no idea >> of how it got set that way to begin with; I don't recall ever changing >> volumes in pavucontrol.) Increasing it to 100% eliminated the master >> volume level changes. Problem solved! > > Looks like you're a victim of the PulseAudio "flat volumes" "feature": set: > flat-volumes = "no" > in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf to disable it. > > Setting all volumes to 100% works around that, but the best solution is > probably to disable it entirely. Thanks for the tip. A quick Google for "pulseaudio flat volumes" suggests that this "feature" is not beloved by all. Turning off flat volumes does eliminate the master volume fluctuation. Dave -- Dave Ulrick Email: d-ulrick at comcast.net
