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From: Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I turn my audio up?
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 19:16:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111103191653.72925970@weird.wonkology.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111103172622.GA2788@acm.acm>

Alan Mackenzie writes:

> On my PC's audio, whilst playing CDs, with all volume settings maxed
> out, the volume can't be said to be louder than "comfortable and
> sensible". In quiet passages, the music gets drowned out by the noise
> of the power supply.  I know from plugging in my iPod that the
> loudspeakers are capable of much more.
> 
> The three volume controls up at full are (i) the one in aqualung; (ii)
> the one in alsamixer; (iii) the physical control on the right speaker.

The ONE in alsamixer? I have at least PCM, Front and CD, another PC also
has Master. Are you missing some of those? Is a channel muted (you
see 'MM' inmstead of a volume, use the M key to unmute)? Maybe you have to
scroll with the right arrow key to see those channels?

	Wonko



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-11-03 18:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-03 17:26 [gentoo-user] How do I turn my audio up? Alan Mackenzie
2011-11-03 17:58 ` Paul Hartman
2011-11-03 18:50   ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-11-03 19:32     ` Paul Hartman
2011-11-03 18:02 ` Michael Mol
2011-11-03 18:16 ` Mark Knecht
2011-11-03 18:16 ` Alex Schuster [this message]
2011-11-03 18:44   ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-11-03 18:55     ` Michael Mol
2011-11-03 20:18 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards

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