[svlug] Sound troubles in Hardy

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi

Okay, I solved this problem by installing the GNOME alsa mixer and the alsa
mixer gui as discussed here.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5118493#post5118493

c u

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com>
wrote:

> hi,
>
> I am running 32 bit Hardy (GNOME) on the TeraByte Beast (tbb), but the
> sound is misbehaving.  It is playing very low, despite the fact that I have
> turned up the volume on both the applications that are playing sound, as
> well as the system sound in the upper right had corner.
>
> I have tried running the sound test in System > Preferences > sound, and
> that works okay for three of the four tests there:  Sound events > Sound
> playback; Music and Movies > Sound playback; Audio Conferencing > Sound
> playback; but the test for Audio Conferencing > Sound capture does not work
> at all.
>
> For the first three tests, the sound works, but the volume is very low,
> despite the fact that I have the volume turned up all the way on the sound
> controller on the upper right hand corner of the top GNOME bar.
>
> Sound capture is currently set for ALSA, and the Default Mixer Tracks is
> set for Realtek ALC885.
>
> Most vexing of all is that the volume sound from the video that I have shot
> for the Digital Tipping Point film is very low when I open it in Totem,
> Mplayer, Kino, or VLC. I have tried using a wide variety of video segments
> in a .dv, .mpg, and .ogg formats.  I have tested these audio clips on
> another Gutsy system and they work fine.
>
> I am able to play commercial CDs such as KISS's "Love Gun" album, but it
> also plays at low volume.
>
> The output of
>
> $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/also-base is here:
>
> http://pastebin.ca/1039186
>
> The output of cat /proc/asound/version is here:
>
> cje at tbb:~$ cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
> Compiled on May 6 2008 for kernel 2.6.24-17-rt (SMP).
> cje at tbb:~$
>
>
> Googling seems to return lots of stuff, but none of it related to this
> issue.  Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Christian Einfeldt,
> Producer, The Digital Tipping Point
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