The ALSA Pre-Amp workaround I mentioned prior isn't really that good. 1. It requires nuking pulseaudio altogether 2. the amplification really distorts the sound.
The only decent workaround is to install pavucontrol and control volumes for applications above 100% (increases dB gain) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001678 Title: [Vostro V131, Conexant CX20590, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: even at 100%, volume is toooo low.going above 100% it starts to get audible in 12.04 it was already lower than on 11.10, but not this much ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-2.6-generic 3.4.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-2-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. ApportVersion: 2.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: fernando 2530 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7f00000 irq 51' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,10280510,00100000 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 14 Simple ctrls : 6 Date: Sat May 19 17:04:45 2012 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Speaker, Internal Symptom_Type: Volume slider, or mixer problems Title: [Vostro V131, Conexant CX20590, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A02 dmi.board.name: 0P0TH6 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A02 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd08/31/2011:svnDellInc.:pnVostroV131:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0P0TH6:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Vostro V131 dmi.product.version: Not Specified dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1001678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
