>> >> Do you mean mic capture volume always reset to maximum by driver or pulseaudio ? > > No >> >> pactl list sources > > http://pastebin.com/Dd0XLamN Your output did not include source usb audio input Do you mean your usb audio are not default source ? What is the default source ? alc892 analong input, alc892 output monitor, usb output monitor or usb analog input > I'm using 4.1 mode, since 2.1 is not working properly yet What do you mean "not working properly" ? Are you complie and run from git ? > >> Why do write_to_hw change to false if you capture volume control have dB scale ? > > I have no idea about this and following questions. There is something wrong, but I have no idea what. when pulseaudio did not find dB scale or user specify ignore dB scale , pulseaudio just set volume to maximum and use software volume It use snd_mixer_elem_set_capture_volume instead of snd_mixer_elem_s et_capture_dB -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20150623/20e47a2c/attachment.html>