On 19/8/22 01:32, David Griffith wrote:
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too.
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022, Bret Busby wrote:
On 18/8/22 16:15, David Griffith wrote:
There is the continuing problem of built-in speakers on laptops being
too quiet when running Linux. I managed to fix this with something
in /etc/asound.conf and an extra mate-volume-control applet added to
the panel. With this extra volume control, I was able to turn the
audio far past 100% and even past 153%. The laptop I'm working on
needed to be wiped and the OS reinstalled. Unfortunately I neglected
to save or write down what I did to implement this volume control tweak.
Before I discovered this, I used /etc/asound.conf (or ~/.asoundrc) to
add a "Pre-Amp" slider to Alsa. This raises up the low end such that
the really quiet audio stuff is loud enough. I'm not sure if that
had anything to do with the volume control tweak.
Would someone please help me with figuring out what I could have
possibly done to make MATE's audio control applet to go as far past
100% as I cared to raise it?
Do you have access to the MATE Control Center, through the
applications menu?
If so, in there, is the Hardware -> Sound settings configurator
Also, in System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Sound
Whilst this is on a UbuntuMATE system, I expect that you should, if
you are using the MATE desktop environment, have access the same way,
to the same functionalities.
I'm on a regular Debian system. What you pointed me to is the same
thing that I get if I right-click on the volume control applet and
select "sound preferences". I'm not clear on what I'm supposed to see
there as it has no visible options to raise the maximum volume.
1. As a person whom strictly bottom posts as a rule, and, as this was
clearly shown in the message above, your comment at the top of the
message, is not appreciated.
2. See attachment. The slider goes past 100%, which, from your wording
in your request, is what I understand that you seek.
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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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