Hi Colin, thanks for your response. Any comments about the other problem though? > 'Twas brillig, and Marti Raudsepp at 11/04/10 21:06 did gyre and gimble: >> I tried working around this by changing the PCM level in alsamixer, >> but whenever a new client connects, PulseAudio thinks it's smarter >> than me and resets the PCM mixer -- to somewhere between 0.00 ... >> -0.60 dB (?!), and sets the master level to 0% again >> >> So there are 2 distinct problems: >> [...] >> 2. If PulseAudio wants to maximize some volume controls, it should set >> them at 0.0 dB, not -0.60 dB Regards, Marti