[SOLVED] Very low sound level after installing kernel26-2.6.30

I can't see this issue anywhere, so I'm sorry if I duplicate it here.
Since the upgrade to 2.6.30, the sound on my desktop system (VIA P4M890) is very low.  (I also have a Thinkpad with an Intel GM45 chipset, and this is working like a charm.)
I'm using a very simple ALSA configuration.  There is sound, but it is just almost inaudible.  I've set the highest possible level in alsamixer and when I turn up the volume to the maximum, I can hear sound.  But it is very weak and not very clear.  It's not related to hardware failure: rolling back to 2.6.29 fixes the problem.
Did anyone detect the same issue?
Last edited by quickfished (2011-04-05 05:52:49)

quickfished wrote:
fukawi2 wrote:I had a similar problem, but then found there was a new channel in alsamixer for "Speaker" which needed to be turned up...
Alright mate, thanks.  Let me try that.
In fact, I didn't have that new channel, but I set the VIA DXS mixers to 100% (like described here: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Via) and now everything is working.
Great!

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