On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 19:23 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 10/12/2013 07:37 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > When I log on my sound level is set at about 35%. I have to use the > > sound preferences to turn the sound level up every time I log in. > > > > Other users on this same system do not have this issue. When they log > > in their volume is set at 100%. > > > > This leads me to believe that there must be something in my local > > settings that is turning down my sound volume settings. > > > > Does anyone have a clue were the config file might be that is causing > > this to happen to me and not to others? Maybe it's not located in my > > home because I've searched for it but I've come up empty. > > > > > > It has occured to me that I didn't include any information about my > system. Maybe this will help one of you to find an answer to my problem. > > CentOS release 6.4 (Final) > > Linux mushroom.patch 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Wed Aug 28 14:27:42 > UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > [mlapier at mushroom ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i pulse > alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-3.el6.i686 > pulseaudio-utils-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-libs-zeroconf-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-libs-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-libs-devel-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > pulseaudio-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 > [mlapier at mushroom ~]$ Wow, those are old versions of PulseAudio indeed. Don't suppose you can move to something newer? A few options: 1. Enable verbose logging (log-level = debug in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf) and see what is changing the volume 2. Wipe out ~/.pulse (which will remove all your settings) and see if that ?fixes? it -- Arun
