Sound level is too much low [SOLVED]

Hi there!
I installed my arch linux a few days ago and I wasn't able to make the sound work. I notice it is very low, even though that Gnome's volume control reports the main level in max and my headphone snd level is also in max.
I notice a lot of forum topics about this, but I wasn't able to solve using their advices. Maybe I didn't set the correct model for my snd device?
My sound device is onboard on ASUS P5K SE (See specifications here: http://asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=I2f2e … ifications), with chipset ICH9. According to the aforementioned link, my sound device is ALC883 (models here: http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation … odels.txt)
Any idea of how I can fix this?
Thanks ind advance!
$ lspci -vvs 00:1b.0
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 829f
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 29
Region 0: Memory at f9ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
# /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
options snd-hda-intel model=alc883-6stack-dig
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1
lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_seq_dummy 3540 0
snd_seq_oss 36224 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8592 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 64640 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8324 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 47328 0
snd_mixer_oss 20976 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec_realtek 278228 1
snd_hda_intel 31208 1
snd_hda_codec 82096 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 9976 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 90776 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 25344 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 76744 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 10784 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
Last edited by josephg (2009-10-02 23:12:14)

*david_a* wrote:For more instructions on alsamixer, look in the beginner manual, which is on the wiki.
(I had the same problem one time, and playing with alsamixer fixed it.)
Strike! I followed your advice, re-read the Beginners Guide and I notice alsa-utils and alsa-oss packages were already set, BUT I don't remember running the command below:
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
It turned that the command above set the needed configurations and now it works.
Thanks a lot for all!

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