[SOLVED] No sound for optical / spdif output with alsa

When running speaker-test I get no sound from my speakers no matter what options I try in alsamixer.
Here is some info:
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: AV710 [Chaintech AV-710], device 0: ICE1724 [ICE1724]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: AV710 [Chaintech AV-710], device 1: ICE1724 IEC958 [ICE1724 IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: AV710 [Chaintech AV-710], device 2: ICE1724 Surrounds [ICE1724 Surround PCM]
Subdevices: 2/2
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
.asoundrc:
defaults.pcm.card 1
deffaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 1
modules:
lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 24487 4
snd_ice1724 116994 0
snd_ak4113 7384 1 snd_ice1724
snd_pt2258 3156 1 snd_ice1724
snd_ak4114 7685 1 snd_ice1724
snd_i2c 4106 2 snd_pt2258,snd_ice1724
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 2436 1 snd_ice1724
snd_ak4xxx_adda 8069 2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_ac97_codec 113300 1 snd_ice1724
snd_rawmidi 18479 1 snd_ice1724
snd_seq_device 5268 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hda_intel 26180 0
snd_hda_codec 98033 2 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6300 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 75167 7 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_ak4113,snd_ak4114
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18934 1 snd_pcm
snd 59989 15 snd_pt2258,snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_i2c,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_ak4113,snd_ak4114
ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Nov 4 15:14 by-path/
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Nov 4 15:14 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Nov 4 15:14 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 15 Nov 4 15:14 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Nov 4 15:14 hwC0D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Nov 4 15:14 hwC0D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Nov 4 15:14 hwC0D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC0D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC0D7p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC0D8p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC0D9p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Nov 4 20:51 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Nov 4 20:47 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC1D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC1D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Nov 4 15:14 pcmC1D2p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Nov 4 15:14 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Nov 4 15:14 timer
Any thoughts?
Last edited by greg5 (2012-11-05 02:32:56)

Have you tried other device options in .asoundrc? According to the ALSA wiki, the digital device is the one marked IEC958. That would be card 1 device 1.
You might want to read that entire topic in the ALSA wiki if you have not done so already. It has methods for directly testing the digital output using aplay.
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-11-05 02:31:33)

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soundcore 9632 1 snd
Could it be a driver issue? I just need some cryptic parameter to some module, right?
I've been playing around with alsamixer to fix this problem, maybe I've just messed things up a bit more? I really don't know much about ALSA, so the answer might just be obvious to some.
Thanks!
edit Screenshot of alsamixer
Last edited by ap_ (2009-02-12 17:16:15)

Solved by compiling & installing new alsa-driver. You can get it from here: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ … 12.tar.bz2

Built-in NVIDIA sound chip doesn't play with ALSA

I have a motherboard that has a built-in sound card. It's made by NVIDIA, the lspci line for it is below.
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] High Definition Audio (rev a1)
When I run alsaconf, it finds the card and it thinks everything works. When it ends, I don't even get an error message. If I try to run alsamixer, it spits this out:
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory
However, all the sound modules are loaded! lsmod | grep snd shows this:
snd_hda_intel 370736 0
snd_seq_oss 31872 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8192 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49968 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8332 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hwdep 8964 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss 40192 0
snd_pcm 69636 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21384 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9224 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 50724 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 8160 1 snd
The *weirdest* part about this is on my first boot, it didn't work at all and I didn't even try to get it to work yet. I installed X it worked, I rebooted for something completely unrelated. I booted and sound magically worked! Not complaining, I was listening to music but then I rebooted for another non-sound-related issue, and now the sound is broken again. I can't figure this out at all! Anyone have any ideas?

Well, I found out that snd-ac97-codec snd-au8820 snd-ad1816a snd-au8830 snd-ad1848 snd-aw2 snd-ad1848-lib snd-azt2320 snd-ad1889 snd-azt3328 snd-adlib snd-bt87x snd-ak4114 snd-ca0106 snd-ak4117 snd-cmi8330 snd-ak4xxx-adda snd-cmipci snd-ali5451 snd-cs4231 snd-als100 snd-cs4231-lib snd-als300 snd-cs4232 snd-als4000 snd-cs4236 snd-atiixp snd-cs4236-lib snd-atiixp-modem snd-cs4281 snd-au8810 snd-cs46xx Nothing "hda" related.
UPDATE: According to UPDATE: Turns out I do hda-intel: no codecs initialized
So, it seems like I need Last edited by I need the module "snd-hda-intel" -- I think. But it doesn't seem to be on my system despite documentation saying it's still available in 2.6.27. Do I really need to recompile my kernel just for this one module? I'd really prefer not to have to deal with that. If I do "modprobe snd-" and press tab twice, it shows me this list of modules:
snd-cs5530 snd-es1688-lib snd-ice1712 snd-mixart snd-oxygen-lib snd-sb8-dsp snd-usb-caiaq
snd-cs5535audio snd-es18xx snd-ice1724 snd-mona snd-pcsp snd-sbawe snd-usb-lib
snd-cs8427 snd-es1938 snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx snd-mpu401 snd-pcxhr snd-sc6000 snd-usb-usx2y
snd-darla20 snd-es1968 snd-indigo snd-mpu401-uart snd-pdaudiocf snd-seq-midi snd-util-mem
snd-darla24 snd-es968 snd-indigodj snd-mtpav snd-portman2x4 snd-seq-midi-emul snd-via82xx
snd-dt019x snd-fm801 snd-indigoio snd-mts64 snd-pt2258 snd-seq-virmidi snd-via82xx-modem
snd-dummy snd-gina20 snd-intel8x0 snd-nm256 snd-rawmidi snd-serial-u16550 snd-virmidi
snd-echo3g snd-gina24 snd-intel8x0m snd-opl3-lib snd-riptide snd-sgalaxy snd-virtuoso
snd-emu10k1 snd-gus-lib snd-interwave snd-opl3-synth snd-rme32 snd-sis7019 snd-vx-lib
snd-emu10k1-synth snd-gusclassic snd-interwave-stb snd-opl3sa2 snd-rme96 snd-soc-core snd-vx222
snd-emu10k1x snd-gusextreme snd-korg1212 snd-opl4-lib snd-rme9652 snd-sonicvibes snd-vxpocket
snd-emu8000-synth snd-gusmax snd-layla20 snd-opl4-synth snd-sb-common snd-sscape snd-wavefront
snd-emux-synth snd-hdsp snd-layla24 snd-opti92x-ad1848 snd-sb16 snd-tea575x-tuner snd-ymfpci
snd-ens1370 snd-hdspm snd-maestro3 snd-opti92x-cs4231 snd-sb16-csp snd-tea6330t
snd-ens1371 snd-hifier snd-mia snd-opti93x snd-sb16-dsp snd-trident
snd-es1688 snd-i2c snd-miro snd-oxygen snd-sb8 snd-usb-audio
this and alsaconf (I checked /etc/modprobe.d/sound) I *do* need the "snd-hda-intel" module. I'm running the standard arch kernel from pacman, do I really have to recompile my kernel...?
have the module I need. I don't know why it didn't show up. In other news, I get a new dmesg error!
to load snd_hda_codec... but that was "merged" with snd_hda_intel back around 2.6.23. Any ideas?
Nathan (2008-12-27 22:02:48)

Using back SPDIF Motherboards outputs with X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series

I have an Asus Rampage Formula that comes with Digital Coaxial and Toslink outputs and a PCI-E sound card, Supreme FX II.
I was able to use both back SPDIF outputs with out any cable, you the card in the PCI-E slot, but I have change my card with a X-Fi Titanium Fatalty Pro Series, no im not able to use any of those outlets, im used the the Coax to my Home theater and the Toslink to me headphones.
Now I can only use the Toslink of the digital output of the X-Fi with my headphones but im not able to use the ports of the mobo to my home theater, is there a way I can use them? the card doesnt have a Coaxial output and thats the problem.
Also, my mobo has 4 pin SPDIF output port, so you can connect something there, but it seems that there are any cable from the output port of the mobo to the audio card....
I found this but Im thinking it might not work...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-COMPUTER-MB-ACCESSORY-SPDIF-OUT-COA-OPT-4pin-SPDIF_W0QQitemZ3504993780QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item3504993780&_trksid=p3286.c0. m4&_trkparms=72%3A234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A2%7C39%3A%7C 240%3A38%7C30%3A%7C293%3A%7C294%3A50?
Any help will be really appreciated!
Thank You!?

Any [email protected]

[Solved] No sound after reboot [FUJITSU-SIEMENS Amilo Pro V3205]

I have an Intel 82801G sound card, which works fine with alsa/snd-hda-intel after I configure it with alsaconf. But after reboot alsa doesn't work until I reconfigure it again.
Here stays, that it should work properly, but it doesn't.
Please, could somebody help me?
Edited: Or could somebody tell me how should I step by step install it? (I tried arch wiki)
Last edited by dudko (2010-05-15 14:59:12)

Solved on #alsa irc. Thank's gnubien, it was missing @alsa in rc.config.

[SOLVED] No sound on SPDIF with Intel ICH10 Sound Card

Hi everyone,
I'm coming from Fedora 12 and recently got a fresh installed Archlinux. I'm very satisfied by the distribution and everything works just as expect for the moment, except one thing : SPDIF output of my sound card.
I installed the following packages :
$ pacman -Qs alsa
local/alsa-firmware 1.0.20-2
ALSA firmware package
local/alsa-lib 1.0.22-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-plugins 1.0.22-1
Extra alsa plugins
local/alsa-utils 1.0.22-2
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
My actual configuration in a few commands :
$ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Intel
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, STAC92xx Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
HDA Intel, INTEL HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: INTEL HDMI 0 [INTEL HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
The following command :
$ aplay -D front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 tmp/Norrlanda.wav
gives me sound on the analog (HP) output but this one :
$ aplay -D iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 tmp/Norrlanda.wav
gives absolutly nothing (I tested the HDMI output and it's fully functionnal).
I unmuted everything that could be unmuted on alsamixer and tested varied combo of options snd_hda_intel model=XXXX (as I read that those type of card can have issue of this kind). I try to delete the /etc/asound.state file, various configuration in /etc/asound.conf. But nothing.
In last resort, I rebooted on a F12 LiveCD and there… everything works fine ! The SPDIF output works just great, without any manipulation (with the same command as above). I tried to import the configuration of /etc/alsa, /etc/pulse and /etc/modprobe.d from this F12 LiveCD (looking if there was any special options about sound card I can just copy/paste to Archlinux) but this failed one more time.
I really really don't see what I can do to solve this problem (and I already spend 2 entire days on this issue without any result… frustrating). So if someone's got a solution or suggestion (some configurations I can try) on this issue, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by DojoMortal (2010-05-01 21:31:41)

Thx to jonnor on the IRC Archlinux Channel, it works now !!
For everyone experiencing the same problem with DG45 intel sound card (Codec: IDT 92HD73E1X5 to be accurate), the documented module is not the right one. Use model=no-jd if you want to have the SPDIF output functionnal.

[solved] no sound with multimedia apps using Pulseaudio Dummy drive

It seems audio issues are kindof frequent atm, but I couldn't solve the strange issue using the informations provided in the threads nor the wiki
Issue:
One app plays audio just fine: Deadbeef Audio player, but no activity shows up in Pavucontrol while playing.
Deadbeef uses default Alsa outpput (currently Pulse audio server)
The other multimedia that I use or tried (mplayer, VLC and paplay test.wav) play files with no sound to be heard. Pavucontrol just shows 'dummy output' activity
as for mplayer that is the case with default pulse and alsa audio drivers
Context:
1/ Recently switched from ALSA to PulseAudio
Have no ~/.asoundrc
2/ First appeared when:
Installed software updates last week. I lazily hoped it will resolve itself with the next update which it didn't so far. None of the packets I updated had linux|pulse|alsa|sound|audio in its name.
Another issue appeared at the same time: no software is able to play any media from the DVD drive. The optical drive itself is well recognized whether by 'lsscsi' or /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
3/ PulseAudio did not start today after booting the system
$ pulseaudio --start
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: daemon startup failed
Started OK after commenting "/etc/pulse/default.pa" config line that remap microphone to mono for Skype (as per the Pulseaudio wiki)
System Audio info:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d00000 irq 46
$ lspci|grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
$ aplay -l
carte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], périphérique 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Sous-périphériques: 1/1
Sous-périphérique #0: subdevice #0
carte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], périphérique 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
Sous-périphériques: 1/1
Sous-périphérique #0: subdevice #0
# fuser -v /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0: kozaki 20121 F.... pulseaudio
$ cat /proc/asound/modules;
0 snd_hda_intel
$ lsmod | grep ^snd;
snd_hda_codec_realtek 67127 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 63126 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 26327 3
snd_hda_controller 26727 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 108552 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep 17244 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 88487 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer 26614 1 snd_pcm
snd 69340 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
$ systool -vm relevant_snd_module
EDIT
$ systool -vm snd_hda_intel
Module = "snd_hda_intel"
Attributes:
coresize = "26327"
initsize = "0"
initstate = "live"
refcnt = "5"
taint = ""
uevent = <store method only>
Parameters:
align_buffer_size = "-1"
bdl_pos_adj = "1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
beep_mode = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
enable_msi = "1"
enable = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
id = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
index = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
jackpoll_ms = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
model = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
patch = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
position_fix = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
power_save = "1"
power_save_controller= "Y"
probe_mask = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
probe_only = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
single_cmd = "N"
snoop = "Y"
Sections:
.bss = "0xffffffffa0365a80"
.data = "0xffffffffa0365000"
.data.unlikely = "0xffffffffa03657d0"
.exit.text = "0xffffffffa0362930"
.gnu.linkonce.this_module= "0xffffffffa0365800"
.init.text = "0xffffffffa0368000"
.note.gnu.build-id = "0xffffffffa0363000"
.rodata = "0xffffffffa0363040"
.rodata.str1.1 = "0xffffffffa0363f02"
.rodata.str1.8 = "0xffffffffa03642e0"
.smp_locks = "0xffffffffa0364618"
.strtab = "0xffffffffa036b508"
.symtab = "0xffffffffa0369000"
.text = "0xffffffffa0360000"
__mcount_loc = "0xffffffffa0364848"
__param = "0xffffffffa0364628"
__verbose = "0xffffffffa0365640"
I guess it might be a rather basic configuration step that I missed and am blind to see. If so, sorry for wasting your time :-/ Hint appreciated.
Last edited by kozaki (2014-09-01 19:43:16)

Read how to post correctly to get English output.
kozaki wrote:$ systool -vm relevant_snd_module;
Really? What do you think relevant_snd_module is? When you copy something from another thread, maybe it would be wise to read through it first. I tried to explain that there is no relevant_snd_module, it is a hint to the user, yes you, to use the module that is relevant in users case, which often is snd_hda_intel, which again is also mentioned in the other thread. Read it and correct your post accordingly please.
As for the issue at hand, is module-suspend-on-idle loaded? If so, disable and unload it. Start PA with '-vvvv' switch and post the log here. You might want to try defaulting the configuration for PA, meaning delete your ~/.config/pulse. Does your GPU have a hdmi sound card?
Check if you can get sound output with PA killed through speaker-test:
speaker-test -c 8 -t wav -D plug:"dmix:{CARD PCH DEV 0}"
speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -D plug:"dmix:{CARD PCH DEV 0}"
Both should work launched in that order at the same time.

[SOLVED] Low sound with ALSA

Hi! I'm using alsa on a laptop with master, speaker and PCM at 100%, and I still can't get an output as loud as I'd like.
On ubuntu with pulseaudio, I had the option of setting the volume to 120% on the sound preferences menu, which made a desirable volume level for me. Is there an equivalent thing in arch? Is this like setting PCM to something higher than 0b?
Cheers!
Last edited by orlox (2010-08-14 20:09:46)

Just installed pulseaudio. Not really a solution to the name of this thread, since I didn't get a loud volume with ALSA, but it solves my problem of having low volume on my PC

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