[pulseaudio-discuss] Realtek ALC892 being overdriven to 153 % volume

[Julian Sikorski]

W dniu 2011-06-19 18:15, Colin Guthrie pisze:
> 'Twas brillig, and Julian Sikorski at 19/06/11 09:20 did gyre and gimble:
>> Hi,
>>
>> again, this is on a Clevo P150HM laptop. When I use Fn-F5/F6 keys in
>> Gnome, it is possible to get the volume up to 153 %, which sometimes
>> leads to sound distortion. Is this the intended behaviour?
>
> PA recommends UIs allow volumes to be overdriven to +11dB which is 153%.
>
> That said, I wouldn't personally recommend that the volume keys on a
> laptop allow volumes to go up that high... I'd say they should be stuck
> to PA_VOLUME_NORM aka 100%
>
> Which version of gnome is this? In my 2.x it's limited to 100% with the
> keys even if the UIs can go up to 153%
>
> Col
>
This is on gnome 3.0 running gnome-shell, I can test the fallback mode 
(gnome-panel + metacity) later

Julian