Why do audio devices have low default volume in pulseaudio?
Issue
Attaching a USB headset, PulseAudio assigns it a very low volume. Gnome-sound-properties seems unable to raise this volume effectively higher. The only way to get the volume up is to use alsamixer -Dhw -c1 and raise the master volume from there.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- pulseaudio-0.9.21-13.el6.x86_64
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.
Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.
