On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:39 PM, fred smith <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 02:13:48PM -0500, David wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Tuesday 30 December 2008 17:33, Paul Smith wrote: > > >> Dear All, > > >> > > >> After some updates, the volume of audio became too low. Any ideas? I > > >> am using F10. > > >> > > >> Thanks in advance, > > >> > > >> Paul > > > > > > Hi Paul. > > > > > > As usual I suspect Pulseaudio as the culprit, as it can be responsible > for low > > > volume levels. > > > > > > First though, open alsamixer as user in a terminal, as below. > > > > > > alsamixer -D hw:0 > > > > > > Assuming that your card is card0, this should show all sliders for your > > > soundcard. Check for ones like, Master, PCM, Front, CD, which should be > up. > > > > > > If all's ok in alsamixer, try disabling Pulseaudio (unless you > particularly > > > want it), by removing the package, alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, then > reboot, and > > > see if the sound levels are any better. > > > > > > All the best. > > > > > > To the developers and those in charge of producing Fedora. *Please* when > > you release Fedora 11 set all of the volume levels to maximum and play > > really *loud* sounds that are recorded at really *loud* levels so that > > the Fedora users can stop beating up on Pulseaudio that is default set > > to not blast the cones off of their computer speakers. ;-) > > > > Then we call all read about the sounds being too load. <even bigger> ;-) > > - -- > > Well I've found at least THREE different volume controls on my F10 > installation, ALL of which need to be cranked up to get a decent volume. > > First of all, there's the one on the top panel. Then there's the > Pulse audio mixer. Then there's another one buried in some other menu > (don't remember which one--the f10 machine isn't up at the moment. I > always have to dig around for it, then crank it all the way up so I can > even hear the test sounds (or any other sounds). > > You just need one mixer. I use gnome-alsamixer. It is graphical, and very simple to use. http://atrpms.net/dist/f10/gnome-alsamixer/ Give it a try. I am pretty sure it will be adequate for your needs. -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
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