From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from alsa0.perex.cz (alsa0.perex.cz [77.48.224.243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8A0FD3E787 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:46:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alsa1.perex.cz (alsa1.perex.cz [45.14.194.44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9EEA6022C; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:46:24 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 alsa0.perex.cz D9EEA6022C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=alsa-project.org; s=default; t=1765687594; bh=eCJocvY/QsrfC6P9vP+X055rK60eu+9BR34mIt3liAU=; h=From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:Date:List-Id:List-Archive: List-Help:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Subscribe:List-Unsubscribe: From; b=UXg5t8dYuLVTZRUxVlWf5PwprOrAFgPy6UGotbwRlm7CKaVznuwf+36LBMHwUERzE 64ctvOdl9j1pHoU9txAfZyMseA7KL7eH7WEP0g4UFRMONqRdvNLEy4XVfPZl+OgNbf Mt2R7bMB7wBjbmEkCvxdKgq5HX1f6FPj1nwToFDU= Received: by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix, from userid 50401) id E7679F805E1; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:46:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from mailman-core.alsa-project.org (mailman-core.alsa-project.org [10.254.200.10]) by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26025F805E3; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:46:00 +0100 (CET) Received: by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix, from userid 50401) id 47205F80236; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:45:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from webhooks-bot.alsa-project.org (vmi2259423.contaboserver.net [45.14.194.44]) by alsa1.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37AEBF800E4 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:45:38 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 alsa1.perex.cz 37AEBF800E4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: GitHub issues - opened To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Message-Id: <1880fb7626f4cb00-webhooks-bot@alsa-project.org> In-Reply-To: <1880fb7625e82d00-webhooks-bot@alsa-project.org> References: <1880fb7625e82d00-webhooks-bot@alsa-project.org> Subject: amixer decrease volume fails when volume is 100 and increment is 1 or 2 Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:45:41 +0100 (CET) Message-ID-Hash: ALYBD6IC7UN2SPUQLSH3Z2AR4IFGIDPC X-Message-ID-Hash: ALYBD6IC7UN2SPUQLSH3Z2AR4IFGIDPC X-MailFrom: github@alsa-project.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-alsa-devel.alsa-project.org-0; header-match-alsa-devel.alsa-project.org-1; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.9 Precedence: list List-Id: "Alsa-devel mailing list for ALSA developers - http://www.alsa-project.org" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: alsa-project/alsa-utils issue #313 was opened from vExcess: If the volume is at 100%, running either of the following fails to decrease the volume ``` amixer -D pulse sset Master 2%- amixer -D pulse sset Master 1%- ``` Running `amixer -D pulse sset Master 2%-` outputs ``` Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 Mono: Front Left: Playback 64225 [98%] [on] Front Right: Playback 64225 [98%] [on] ``` It looks like it has decreased the volume by 2%, but it actually hasn't. When I run the command repeatedly it stays at 98% and doesn't go lower. But even though amixer says the volume is at 98%, Linux Mint still reports it as 100%. I'm using alsa-utils 1.2.9-1ubuntu5 ``` OS: Linux Mint 22.2 x86_64 Host: 83DD IdeaPad Slim 5 16AHP9 Kernel: 6.11.0-29-generic ``` Issue URL : https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/issues/313 Repository URL: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils