Re: Setting to allow volume above 100%

[Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>]

On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 22:29 +0200, Gabriel Rossetti wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2014 10:53 AM, "Olav Vitters" <olav vitters nl> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:59:24AM +0200, Gabriel Rossetti wrote:
> > > Excuse me if I may, but the "fix" is a workaround, a bit like
> Macbooks
> > > overheating when you close the lid so the forced the laptop to go
> to sleep
> > > so it cannot overheat. The reality is not all machines behave the
> same.
> > 100% should be the maximum. The problem is elsewhere.
> Hardware/driver
> > doesn't correctly report what the 100% is. That's why you have 150%
> > settings.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Olav
>
> Fine, but it (the bad hardware, also a thinkpad in my case) should
> still be supported, this is a regression in our case, it worked before
> and now no longer works the same. All hardware has issues, software
> should be an abstraction layer and offer the same experience where
> possible.

I completely agree. It works flawlessly in Ubuntu with Unity and in
KDE . All it would take is one little check box in the sound settings
and everyone would be able to control volume from their desktop or with
multimedia buttons regardless of whether they have flawed hardware or
not.
> Regards,
> Gabriel
>
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//Christian

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