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akossler

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Registered: 2024-01-26

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Volume very low on login

I recently replaced my headphones because, when I logged in, I couldn't hear any sound until I unplugged and replugged the USB dongle. Nothing else worked, including power cycling the headset and restarting pipewire. I assumed it was a problem with the dongle or the headset, so I got a pair of wired headphones. Now when I log in, the maximum volume is incredibly low, but unplugging and replugging the USB cable restores the volume to normal levels. I assume it's the same problem, and my wireless headphones were just too low quality to tell there was any sound at all. How can I figure out what is causing this?

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Volume very low on login

Just fishing here, not sure if this will even be useful but run this command:

udevadm monitor

Then plug the headphones in and compare the output when you unplug & re-plug them.

Which sound server are you using?

# fuser -v /dev/snd/*

I found https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=282477 but there's no solution, unfortunately. FWIW I don't think flat-volumes has anything to do with this but I'm no audio expert.

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Volume very low on login

W/ the HPs plugged in

aplay -l

You then want to inspect the amixer output for the relevant card, eg

amixer -c1

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