'Twas brillig, and Jud Craft at 08/11/09 03:09 did gyre and gimble: > It appears that when I plug in a secondary output device (like my > docking station's USB-type sound card) and reroute Pulse to it, I can > no longer use the main volume control in GNOME to change the volume of > sound output. The main volume control (e.g. the applet in the system tray or the buttons on your keyboard/laptop) will control whatever device is marked as "default" or "fallback". If you tweak this, it will work with the appropriate device. Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]