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[Nathan Osman <871133@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"...just attached the patch done by Nathan Osman"

I didn't create the patch either, though I did need to tweak it a bit to
fix some compilation errors.

"First I see reports (mostly in the upstream report) that people are
getting 10-30% steps in volume instead of the defined 6%."

I know this isn't going to carry a lot of weight but I've been running
the modified package on my desktop for a couple weeks now and it has
worked flawlessly. Volume always changes by the percentage I choose. One
important question worth answering is whether the users observing the
10-30% jump modified the value from its default. If users leave the
setting at its default value, is behavior any different? If not, then
the issue only affects those who change the setting - users who are
likely willing to accept the issues anyway.

"Second using a linear scale for a volume slider is really not ideal,
pulse audio uses a cubic scale to define volume, but from a quick glance
at the source code it may be that g-s-d is plugging linear values into
these structures."

The patch doesn't change the expression used for calculating
norm_vol_step. It merely replaces VOLUME_STEP with the value from the
new setting.

I've linked my branch containing the patch and uploaded a Xenial build
of gnome-settings-daemon to the PPA mentioned in my earlier message with
the same patch. If the patch is accepted and merged, I will do the same
thing for unity-settings-daemon - but I don't want to take the time to
do that now if there isn't any chance of this getting accepted.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871133

Title:
  Volume Step not changeable in Unity and GNOME desktops

Status in gnome-settings-daemon:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  New
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Changing the volume step in gconf-editor does not do anything when adjusting the volume on a hardware dial.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
  Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.2.0-0ubuntu5
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Tags:  oneiric running-unity
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-08 (3 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

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