Sound volume is far too low

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#1

The sound volume on my laptop is far too low, although the volume is set at 100 %. I use openSUSE 11.0.

It’s a multiboot computer, and in Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 I don’t have this problem.

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-BX296VP laptop. The soundcard is this:
82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
The driver is: snd-hda-intel

Who can help me?

Pjotr.

#2

pjotr123 wrote:

>
> The sound volume on my laptop is far too low, although the volume is set
> at 100 %. I use openSUSE 11.0.
>
> It’s a multiboot computer, and in Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 I don’t have
> this problem.
>
> I have a Sony Vaio VGN-BX296VP laptop. The soundcard is this:
> 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
> The driver is: snd-hda-intel
>
> Who can help me?
>
> Pjotr.
>
Did you go to the mixer and turn up the master volume and PCM?

Bob

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(Robert Smits, Ladysmith BC) * connections, all alike…

#3

Yes, I did.

However, I’ve already found the solution: in Yast there’s another sound volume slider, which was at 68 %. (Yast - Hardware - Sound). Now it’s at 100 % too, and I’m happy. :slight_smile:

Thanks for your willingness to help me.

#4

Thanks for this - worked for me also on my T61.

#5

thanks… worked for me too in Dell XPS 1530

#6

> in Yast there’s another sound
> volume slider, which was at 68 %. (Yast - Hardware - Sound). Now it’s at
> 100 % too, and I’m happy. :slight_smile:

that does not seem to be true for all sound cards/drivers…this is no
sound slider in my YaST…

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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark

#7

Hi,

Just installed a new copy of openSuse in my Sony Vaio VGN-G11XN and all seems too work nicely!

However the sound is still far too low, I’ve check all the sliders and they are all set up to the max hbut that doesn’t seem to be enough as I need to put my ear next to the speaker to be able to hear.

My sound card is a 82801G Intel High Definition Audio ICH7 family, Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks a lot!

#8

I recommend you start a new thread on this.

#9

Thanks, I will do

#10

I was having the exact same symptoms as trafficman with a g11 under opensuse 11.0 (also tried with a ubuntu 8.10 livecd) …

Turns out setting model=basic in /etc/modprobe.d/sound as oldcpu suggested, not forgetting to set all sliders to max, did the trick volume-wise.

Not sure that’s the best solution but it beats holding the speakers to my ears …