12.04 volume maxed at login

using hdmi audio via my gtx 550 ti gpu
when i login my volume is at 100% but it is set at 30% (according to the applet)
when i lower the vole it drops to what the applet says
anyone know a command to set the volume at login to the applets volume?

What you describe is exactly the same as a bug I filed back in 2010:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...io/+bug/598308

I have yet to find a solution, but there are some possible solutions listed in the bugs comments.

running either of these scripts at login works

Code:

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#!/bin/sh
VOL=`amixer get Master | sed 's/back /\n/;s/ \[/\n/' | tail -2 | head -1`
amixer set Master $(($VOL+1)) > /dev/null
amixer set Master $VOL

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or (simulates pressing volume keys on keyboard ** xdotool is not installed by default)

Code:

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#!/bin/sh
xdotool key XF86AudioLowerVolume
xdotool key XF86AudioRaiseVolume

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excellent thanks for the scripts, I will make sure to give them a try.

Does this take care of the login sound playing at max level or does this script run after that sound clip plays?

before or during (determined at random)
you could make the login sound play in the script to make it go before

Code:

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#!/bin/sh
VOL=`amixer get Master | sed 's/back /\n/;s/ \[/\n/' | tail -2 | head -1`
amixer set Master $(($VOL+1)) > /dev/null
amixer set Master $VOL
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login"

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simply add to start up and remove the login sound from startup since it will be in the script

I too am having this problem but these scripts do not work as my device (HDMI out through a HD5770) isn't visible in amixer. Any ideas?

not even the xdotool script?
how do you control your volume? can you?

It's all present and correct in the applet and sound settings but there's no sign of it on amixer, which is bizarre.

Code:

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pacmd set-sink-volume 0 3500

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does that affect your volume?

Yes! That's perfect - I'll add it to a startup script. Thanks!