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I have a KDE Plasma desktop with Pipewire and, since last week, the audio volume of my desktop is maxed out at boot (not sure if 100%, since the system tray volume control still reports 50%, which is what I always leave it at); changing the volume with the media keys in any way instantly sets the volume back to around 50%. I've found an old topic about what seems to be the same issue I have
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=287031
but there are no replies. I've already tried removing the WirePlumber settings as described here, nothing changed:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/WirePl … t_settings
Last edited by ITA84 (2025-05-11 17:29:51)
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the audio volume of my desktop is maxed out at boot (not sure if 100%, since the system tray volume control still reports 50%, which is what I always leave it at); changing the volume with the media keys in any way instantly sets the volume back to around 50%.
I have the same problem (linux 6.12.13.1-lts, sway, pipewire 1:1.2.7-1). The first thing I do at boot is press volume down and volume up on the keyboard to avoid finding a deafening volume in my headphones that is dangerous for my ears.
The same thing happens to me on youtube and similar sites when I click the video progress bar, sometimes the audio goes crazy at maximum volume, very dangerous for my ears. But this does not happen if there are other applications in the background that use audio (mpv, shortwave...), even if they are with the audio muted with pavucontrol.
I don't know, it's all very strange, in recent years I feel like I'm on windows 95 instead of linux...
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It seems the issue got fixed with an update, although I can't really tell which one, since I got used to adjusting the volume manually at every bood (maybe it was the Pipewire 1.4 update). Anyway, might as well add that along the way I had realized the issue was only with the external display audio (HDMI), and not with the main speakers of my laptop.
EDIT: nevermind, it seemed to be gone, but then it happened again
Last edited by ITA84 (2025-05-11 17:31:06)
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