Unable to change volume

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#1

Just did a clean installation of OpenSUSE 13.1.
At first Skype calls did not work (“audio problem”), but then i managed to fix it, probably by installing PulseAudio ALSA plugin.
Then, after I had been messing with audio, i noticed, that I could not change volume.

Hardware volume buttons do nothing (worked before).
Tray menu shows this:
http://i.imgur.com/7DwQ4zP.png
moving two upper bars plays “ding” with constant volume no matter what position.

What should I do?
or
What information would be relevant to You in order to look into this problem?

Thanks for Your time,
ervion

NOTE: Audio in fact does work, both recording and playback, that means working Skype calls etc., simply volume does not change.

#2

volume doesn’t change for skype or everything?

Try using pavucontrol from the oss repo if it isn’t already installed.

#3

No, volume doesn’t change for anything, volume buttons and sliders have no effect at all (expect the constant volume “ding” sliders do when I move them).

Pavucontrol fails to start:
http://i.imgur.com/YMkTgq2.png

When I run “start-pulseaudio-x11”, the response is “E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.”.

#4

Try downloading Pulse audio volume control if you do not have it. Was not included in my package . I had Skype working OK but added new webcam and sound level was barely audible even with amp on max. Pulse audio volume control fixed it.

cheers