Public bug reported:
With Ubuntu Intrepid the problem problem of low volume was eventually
sorted out, perhaps by a combination of days of experimenting on my part
and eventual system updates. The volume returned to what would be
regarded as "normal". I would have expected Jaunty to correctly identify
and support an Acer laptop with Intel chips but it has been a huge step
backwards (don't even start me on the Intel video problems!!!)
With Ubunty Jaunty, not only has there been a regression, but it now
even the physical volume dial on the side of the laptop has stopped
working. The volume is so low that I have to have it near full just to
use with headphones. Without headphones it is almost impossible to hear
anything.
I have tried all of the things I tried with Intrepid but this time around
nothing seems to fix the issue.
- getting rid of pulse audio helped a little
- it is the same regardless of which kernel I use (2.6.28-14 through to
2.6.30-xxxx).
- upgrading to Alsa 1.0.20 did not help at all (but didn't make it worse
either).
I have no intention of going back to Intrepid but this is quite annoying
because I use my laptop for all my multimedia playback. It astounds me
how many issues there have been with Jaunty yet I have managed to
overcome them all except for the sound issues. This is not even a new
problem. Many popular audio chipsets seem to have low volume issues.
** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Jaunty Low Volume - Acer Aspire 5720 Notebook with ALC268
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402703
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