konqueror raises volume to VERY LOUD at random moments

pzognar · 01-23-2016, 01:00 PM

So konqueror raises volume to VERY LOUD at random moments. I have yet to be able to find a pattern to it.

Odd, considering it does not play sounds.

How do I make it stop?

Actions taken: google search, a traversal through the preferences.

Thank you in advance.

p.s. this only started yesterday. I wonder if it connected to the addition of pulse audio to Slackware -current?

astrogeek · 01-23-2016, 01:11 PM

Possibly another manifestation of pulsaudio flat volumes...

Just a guess, but perhaps some other process is starting and triggering the flat volumes feature which raises the Konqueror, aka global, volume level.

There are links in the above linked thread for disabling that.

pzognar · 01-23-2016, 01:32 PM

Thank you atrogeek. This makes sense and seems likely to be the error.

p.s. I am not marking this as "solved" yet because of the random nature of the problem. After several days of usual activities on my computer, I will see if this is the solution or not.

astrogeek · 01-23-2016, 01:36 PM

You are welcome.

I have not yet encountered this on my -current machine, but I have not used audio on it beyond some quick testing.

Please post back when you reach a conclusion about it, this is still new territory for us old Slackers.

elcore · 01-24-2016, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pzognar

How do I make it stop?

This looks like a consequence of linking everything to pulseaudio, now kde has potential of permanently damaging your hearing if you're using headphones.
Try switching off the system bell and setting "no audio output" under system notifications submenu, and see if it happens again.
Personally, I'd just drop the digital audio server, build xfce4-mixer from 14.1 sources, and use alsa analog device directly.

phi11ip · 01-24-2016, 05:22 AM

Had a very similar problem to this. Every time I received a notification (usually from KDE connect) the volume would immediately be turned to full. Went to KDE system settings and rooted around the multimedia section, found nothing obvious but since then the problem has disappeared without changing anything.