[SOLVED] Default audio levels in Mageia 6

[pchristy]

I've just upgraded two machines from Mageia 5 to 6. For the most part things went smoothly, but I now have a problem on both machines that I have been unable to resolve. Both appear to concern pulseaudio.

Firstly, no matter what I do, I cannot get volume levels to "stick" over a reboot. Every time the machines are rebooted, the login chimes start at a volume level that shakes the foundations of the house! Once the machine has rebooted, I can adjust the volume to an acceptable level, but at each reboot they reset to 100%!

Part of the solution is to set flat-volumes = no in the /etc/pulse/default.pa file. In KDE 4, you could then go in to system settings / notifications and set the player level. This level would then "stick" over a reboot, however this option seems to have disappeared in Plasma 5.

So how do you set the default volume to an acceptable level?

The second problem is that all notifications are cut short. They appear to cut off about half way through. I am at a complete loss as to why this should be, or where to look for a fix!

Any suggestions gratefully received!

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Pete

[persistability]

About the notifications being "cut short"; is your sound using the driver "snd_hda_intel" ?
If so then you likely have the problem I had. See this viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11805
The solution for my 3 devices with this problem was to install the RPM "phonon4-qt5-gstreamer" (and possibly reboot). Give it a try?

[roadrunner]

So how do you set the default volume to an acceptable level?

A possible solution is explained in the errata here: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_6_Err ... ma_session

[pchristy]

Thank you both! A combination of the two solutions seems to have worked!
Firstly, although I had set "flat-volumes=no" in the daemon.pa file (sorry, I said default.pa in my original post!), I had omitted to remove the leading ";" ! An error on my part! Secondly, adding "phonon4-qt5-gstreamer" seems to have fixed the remaining issues.

Again, my thanks to you both!

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Pete