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minus

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Registered: 2007-12-20

Posts: 21

confusing problem with changing volume in alsa

hello,
i searched the forum and google, but didn't find anyone that has the same problem as me.

My sound generelly works, BUT the most time i can't change the volume because there is no PCM in amixer / alsamixer / gnome volume control. But after a while, there is a PCM option available. I tried to find out in which case the PCM option appears..but i didn't find any contexts..
I noticed, that instead of a "Master" slider, there is just a "Master Mono" slider...But when changing it the sound doesn't change..so i need PCM.

My soundcard is onboard AC 97  SiS SI7012 on AsRock K7S41GX.

If you need any further information for analysis let me know.

minus

dunc

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From: Glasgow, UK

Registered: 2007-06-18

Posts: 559

Re: confusing problem with changing volume in alsa

I have the same board, but I gave up on the onboard stuff ages ago: bought a cheap PCI soundcard and NIC, and an AGP graphics card. Frankly, it was just easier.

I know this isn't very helpful. All I'm saying is that the K7S41GX seems to be a very troublesome board under Linux. Have you got the onboard ethernet working at all, or is that just mine?

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minus

Member

Registered: 2007-12-20

Posts: 21

Re: confusing problem with changing volume in alsa

onboard LAN is working without any problems, sound works too, it is only the problem when changing volume of the sound. I also have another AGP graphics device

sebleblanc

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From: Montréal, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-21

Posts: 41

Re: confusing problem with changing volume in alsa

I know this may sound dumb, but maybe you're simply not using alsa... Maybe you're using OSS or something else?