> > When I boot the system (Gentoo), "pacmd list-sinks" says: > > left: 65520 / 100% / -0.01 dB, right: 65520 / 100% / -0.01 dB > > I have to first apply a manual volume change (with pavucontrol or kmix) for it to get to 65536 (0dB.) > > I'm using PulseAudio 5.0 with software volume (hardware volume is not supported by PulseAudio for my sound card, which is an Asus Xonar D1.) > > There is no "restore volume at startup" business going on. This is how PA initializes the volume. Is this a known bug? > Pulseaudio does not support 8 channels volume control W: [pulseaudio] alsa-mixer.c: Volume element Master has 8 channels. That's too much! I can't handle that! Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right - Rear Left - Rear Right - Front Center - Woofer - Side Left - Side Right Limits: Playback 67 - 127 Mono: Front Left: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Rear Left: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Rear Right: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Front Center: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Woofer: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Side Left: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on] Side Right: Playback 107 [67%] [-20.00dB] [on]