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jolinfire

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From: France

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 176

[linux 3.0] Problem with sound : very low.

Since I upgraded to linux 3.0, I noticed that sound is very very low. Even if gnome sound properties tells me it is set at 100%, I nearly cannot hear it at all.

I got this in dmesg | tail :

[fred@fredo-arch ~]$ dmesg | tail
[   10.943927] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   10.943932] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   10.943940] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   10.943943] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   10.944041] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   10.981755] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   19.925726] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[   20.203365] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[   22.618181] EXT4-fs (sda4): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   22.755787] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0

If I plug an headset in the front on my PC, I got sound with the right power. Weird. Any tips ?

hussam

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Registered: 2006-03-26

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Re: [linux 3.0] Problem with sound : very low.

same here. almost no sound at all (unless you have superman ears).

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

sounds like a alsa problem?

Edit:
This fixed it:
I closed kde's mixer then I opened alsamixer. I selected Master channel and pressed M on my keyboard to unmute.
then I did "/etc/rc.d/alsa stop" to save the sound volume status. and then "/etc/rc.d/alsa start" and I opened kmix again.

Last edited by hussam (2011-07-24 20:48:55)

jolinfire

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From: France

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 176

Re: [linux 3.0] Problem with sound : very low.

Thanks. Will try something like this asap.