Problem with very low sound

[Mark Pyles]

Hi H.S.:

Here is what I was able to find out from your tip(which I thank you very 
kindly for): (By the way, I am using Gnome)

**** 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: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

So I am assuming that my device is thus:        [HDA Intel], device 1: 
STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]

I also don't have a play button in my sound preferences.

After a little playing around with the preferences like you said I was 
able to get my sound to work choosing Playback: ALSA PCM on front and it 
seems to be working fine now Thank you!!

Mark


H.S. wrote:
> Mark Pyles wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone:
>>
>> I am having a problem with my sound. It is very low. It is so low that I 
>> have to use earphones to listen to any type of sound.
>> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1525. When I right click on 
>> the sound icon I go to preferences and it shows me that my setting is 
>> set for HDA Intel (Alsa Mixer) and below, the selection that is 
>> highlighted is "Master". I have tried the other choices in the drop down 
>> box which are "SigmaTel STAC9228 (OSS MIXER), Playback: ALSA PCM on 
>> front, Capture: Monitor source of ALSA,", but nothing seems to improve 
>> my sound.
>>
>> Unfortunately I am not knowledgeable enough yet to find out what the 
>> name of my sound card is from the terminal.  Is there some way to get 
>> the sound to work so that I can actually hear it? Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>     
>
> Do you have a volume control applet on your panel? I assume you are
> using Gnome. If you don't have the applet, add that applet to your panel
> (right click on the panel and go to Add applet...) and then play with
> its preferences by setting it to control Master or PCM volume.
>
> You can try out various sounds in Preferences->Sound dialog box (they
> have 'play' button beside them).
>
> BTW, to know what is your sound device (or card), you can use this
> command in the terminal:
> $> aplay -l
>
>
>
>   
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