Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 10:34:27, D. R. Evans wrote: > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very > low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the > speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it is unpleasantly quiet, > certainly

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 19:15:57, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > What on earth is bikeshedding? That's a new one on me! http://bikeshed.org/ Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-13, D. R. Evans wrote: > > Yes. That was in one of my e-mails somewhere in the thread. Yeah, sorry, I found it. My only other idea was the pulseaudio equalizer app ('qpaeq') and playing with those sliders. -- "J'ai pour me guérir du jugement des autres toute la distance qui me

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread D. R. Evans
Curt wrote on 2/13/20 9:31 AM: > On 2020-02-13, D. R. Evans wrote: >> >> I'm wondering if there's a problem with the sound driver that the system = >> is >> using, and therefore: >> 1. How to determine which driver I'm using? >> 2. How to switch to a different driver, if one is available? >

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-13, D. R. Evans wrote: > > I'm wondering if there's a problem with the sound driver that the system = > is > using, and therefore: > 1. How to determine which driver I'm using? > 2. How to switch to a different driver, if one is available? (And you've tried adjusting, to no avail,

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-13 17:15:47) > D. R. Evans wrote on 2/12/20 4:58 PM: > > > For what it's worth, "aplay -l" says, for the port I'm using: > > > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog] > > Subdevices: 0/1 > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > >

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans wrote on 2/12/20 4:58 PM: > For what it's worth, "aplay -l" says, for the port I'm using: > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > I'm wondering if there's a problem with the sound driver

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-12, D. R. Evans wrote: > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog > ] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > You might try alsamixer -c0 and turn up some of those volumes sliders, if you haven't already, and they're not already maxed

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:54:16 -0700 "D. R. Evans" wrote: Hello D., >All the outputs are set to 100. Don't ignore inputs. They can have volume settings, too. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" I ain't got no time

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/02/2020 13:48, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Doug McGarrett (2020-02-13 01:15:57) What on earth is bikeshedding? That's a new one on me! That's when you ask something in a large community that is easy to have an opinion on and with many possible opinions - e.g. asking "which color

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Doug McGarrett (2020-02-13 01:15:57) > > > On 2/12/20 6:39 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) > >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > >> > /snip/ > > > is more resource heave in my experience. An area righ in bikeshedding. > > > What on

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 2/12/20 6:39 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: /snip/ is more resource heave in my experience. An area righ in bikeshedding. What on earth is bikeshedding? That's a new one on me! /snip/ Good luck,

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans wrote on 2/12/20 12:28 PM: > Doug McGarrett wrote on 2/12/20 12:19 PM: >> >> >> On 2/12/20 1:05 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >>> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > > > Another thing you might try is go "below" Pulseaudio and mess > > directly with ALSA settings: > > > > Install the package alsa-utils and run (in a terminal) the tool > > alsamixer > > > > By default

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:21 PM: > I would recommend to first try locate possible places where volume is > turned down, and only as a last option (for this setup, before giving up > and buying another card) artificially amplify the weak audio - because > that will undoubtedly lead to

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > Another thing you might try is go "below" Pulseaudio and mess directly > with ALSA settings: > > Install the package alsa-utils and run (in a terminal) the tool > alsamixer > > By default it will probably show a single volume control for a virtual

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting elvis (2020-02-12 22:53:36) > > On 13/2/20 3:34 am, D. R. Evans wrote: > > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is > > very > > low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the > > speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 22:50:28) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 1:26 PM: > > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 19:05:40) > >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: > >>> Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread elvis
On 13/2/20 3:34 am, D. R. Evans wrote: I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it is unpleasantly quiet, certainly nothing one would

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 1:26 PM: > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 19:05:40) >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: >>> Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:28:17PM -0700, D. R. Evans wrote: No, I said it was new to me. It worked fine under Windows -- basically a gaming machine -- but now it has brand new disks with a clean install of buster. I suggest you purchase a USB audio interface (look for one of the

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 19:05:40) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: > > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > >> I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio > >> level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical > >> volume control on

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Doug McGarrett wrote on 2/12/20 12:19 PM: > > > On 2/12/20 1:05 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: >>> Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 2/12/20 1:05 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the speakers turned

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) >> I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level >> is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume >> control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level > is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume > control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it > is unpleasantly quiet, certainly nothing

buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it is unpleasantly quiet, certainly nothing one would want to listen to. Any suggestions as to