Recently a couple folks have posted here on KFN about problems with audio volume: ICMike mentioned his volume would be too high after a reboot, Shabakthanai wrote that there was no sound at all.
KDE bug 249180 has been tracking this issue since August 2010. KMix interferes with PulseAudio's attempt to restore the volume. Some progress has been made, but the bug persists. For now, the workaround is to disable Restore volumes on login in KMix's settings, as shown here:
To get here:
KDE bug 249180 has been tracking this issue since August 2010. KMix interferes with PulseAudio's attempt to restore the volume. Some progress has been made, but the bug persists. For now, the workaround is to disable Restore volumes on login in KMix's settings, as shown here:
To get here:
- Click the speaker icon in the system tray
- Click the Mixer button
- In the menu, choose Settings then Configure KMix