Low audio volume on MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514) motherboard/mobo.?
Ant
About 1.5 weeks ago, I put in a two years old MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
motherboard/mobo. to replace my old Athlon 64 system for my old
Debian/Linux box. I noticed its onboard audio volume is much lower than
my previous motherboards' onboard audio (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (Via
chipset) and MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125; nForce4 chipset). I tried maxxing
out the audio volumes in old KDE v3.5.10's KMix, but they are still too
soft/low on my non-powered Sony speakers and headphones. Is this normal
and are there any ways to crank up the audio volumes through software
controls?
Thnak you in advance. :)
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Chris Ahlstrom
> Greetings!
>
> About 1.5 weeks ago, I put in a two years old MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
> motherboard/mobo. to replace my old Athlon 64 system for my old
> Debian/Linux box. I noticed its onboard audio volume is much lower than
> my previous motherboards' onboard audio (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (Via
> chipset) and MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125; nForce4 chipset). I tried maxxing
> out the audio volumes in old KDE v3.5.10's KMix, but they are still too
> soft/low on my non-powered Sony speakers and headphones. Is this normal
> and are there any ways to crank up the audio volumes through software
> controls?
>
> Thnak you in advance. :)
Often the audio subsystem on new motherboards provides a number of
mixer channels, and you have to make sure the right ones are unmuted and set
to a decent volume.
When I don't hear sound, I run alsamixer, an ncurses-based app. Select
the right sound card first (if more than one is available). Then check out
all of the channels -- Master, Front, PCM, etc. and make sure they are
unmuted (OO instead of MM) and set to a usable level.
I don't know if Kmix shows all mixers, but alsamixer does.
There is also alsamixergui if you have a deathly fear of arrow keys :-)
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Ant
> Ant pulled this Usenet face plant:
Face plant??? Got a picture of that? :D
>> About 1.5 weeks ago, I put in a two years old MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
>> motherboard/mobo. to replace my old Athlon 64 system for my old
>> Debian/Linux box. I noticed its onboard audio volume is much lower than
>> my previous motherboards' onboard audio (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (Via
>> chipset) and MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125; nForce4 chipset). I tried maxxing
>> out the audio volumes in old KDE v3.5.10's KMix, but they are still too
>> soft/low on my non-powered Sony speakers and headphones. Is this normal
>> and are there any ways to crank up the audio volumes through software
>> controls?
>>
>> Thnak you in advance. :)
>
> Often the audio subsystem on new motherboards provides a number of
> mixer channels, and you have to make sure the right ones are unmuted
and set
> to a decent volume.
Yeah, I tried them. I enabled ALL and to the max. Even the input ones
like mic, line in, etc.
> When I don't hear sound, I run alsamixer, an ncurses-based app. Select
> the right sound card first (if more than one is available). Then
check out
> all of the channels -- Master, Front, PCM, etc. and make sure they are
> unmuted (OO instead of MM) and set to a usable level.
>
> I don't know if Kmix shows all mixers, but alsamixer does.
>
> There is also alsamixergui if you have a deathly fear of arrow keys :-)
A couple screen shots/captures of both mixers with old XMMS playing a
MP3 file in the background:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6076/63730723.png
http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/9545/28073079.png
Thank you for the tip on alsamixergui. I just installed it and played
with it. Same problems with the low audio volumes. I guess this onboard
audo is quieter than my previous ones. :(
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Paul
> Greetings!
>
> About 1.5 weeks ago, I put in a two years old MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
> motherboard/mobo. to replace my old Athlon 64 system for my old
> Debian/Linux box. I noticed its onboard audio volume is much lower than
> my previous motherboards' onboard audio (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (Via
> chipset) and MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125; nForce4 chipset). I tried maxxing
> out the audio volumes in old KDE v3.5.10's KMix, but they are still too
> soft/low on my non-powered Sony speakers and headphones. Is this normal
> and are there any ways to crank up the audio volumes through software
> controls?
>
> Thnak you in advance. :)
The manual I have on disk here for MSI-7514, says the
audio chip is ALC888. You can get a datasheet here.
(ALC888_DataSheet_1.4.pdf)
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=28&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=135&DownTypeID=1&GetDown=false&Downloads=true
(Site uses FTP, only with a username/password encoded into the web page.
The password could be changed on a regular basis.)
ftp://WebUser:fH7...@207.232.93.28/pc/audio/ALC888_DataSheet_1.4.pdf
Analog performance is on page 75 of the PDF file.
On input, impedance is 47K ohms. That is slightly better than
the average stereo input impedance of 10K ohms (higher ohms
equals less loading).
On output, it has an option to turn the output stage amplifier
on and off. This corresponds to a setting of "headphones" or the
like, in a control panel. HDaudio chips, don't necessarily like
it, if you turn on the headphone amp on all channels at the same
time. That can draw a lot of power, if you were serious. You may,
under some configuration settings, be able to enable front panel
headphone amp, and line (green plug) headphone amp at the same
time. But more regularly, only one plug has the amp turned on.
It's up to the driver design, to decide whether turning on all
the amps is bad or not.
The output impedance is listed as "1 ohm" with amp on, and
"100 ohms" with amp off. The 100 ohm setting, if driving a
32 ohm headphone, is going to sound weak. It means there will
be a voltage divider action, between the output stage and the
headphones. Roughly speaking, the headphones end up with 25%
of the voltage across them, the output driver has 75% of the voltage
across it.
If the amp is turned on, you get virtually 100% voltage across
the 32 ohm headphones. But that spec tells lies, as you can't
really drive a 1 ohm load and expect the output stage to hold
up. CMOS driving circuits have natural current limits, and
the output would start to distort if you put a matching 1 ohm
load on the circuit. So that isn't really an effective
characterization of the output. It's probably a "small signal"
characterization, where the test conditions don't stress the
output.
Previous generations of chips, might have claimed to have 32 ohm
outputs, which was a way of saying, "they drive headphones at
full volume". The 1 ohm spec on your chip, says it should be
able to do that, and then some.
So check that the amp is turned on. I don't know whether
Linux provides details about that kind of thing. And in
Windows, I doubt they'll state in English "hey, we turned
on the amp for ya". The best you could do in Windows, to
get full volume, is to enter the control panel, and
state you're driving a set of headphones. That should
cause the amp to be turned on.
The reason the amp is switchable, is because it adds
distortion. The amp may ruin the noise figure, by 10dB.
They make it switchable, in case you're running amplified
speakers with 10K ohm input impedance. In that case, you
don't want or need the amp turned on. This is the spec
from the RealTek datasheet for ALC888. Total Harmonic Distortion
plus Noise.
"THD+N
DAC -90DB FS
Headphone Amplifier Output @ 32 ohm load -80dB FS "
The degradation in the spec, is caused by switching on the amp.
Depending on the music content, you might not notice the
difference. In any case, see if some control panel will
allow you to state that you're using headphones. The Linux
setups I have here, are pretty spartan, and I don't know if
I could get that kind of detail or not. (I run Linux in VMs.)
Paul
Ant
me. Thanks though. :)
Hmm, I didn't see any toggles for an amp in all of the mixers I used
(KDE's KMix, alsamixer, and alsamixergui). Maybe there's a parameter or
something to see/access it?
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Paul
> Interesting finds you found and shared even though a bit technical to
> me. Thanks though. :)
>
> Hmm, I didn't see any toggles for an amp in all of the mixers I used
> (KDE's KMix, alsamixer, and alsamixergui). Maybe there's a parameter or
> something to see/access it?
Any setting related to headphones ?
If it's Linux, you could try looking through source. (It's one
of the reasons I have one VM running Gentoo, because I can figure
out stuff easier on a distro built from source. My sound works in
Gentoo - can't say the same for Ubuntu. In Gentoo, I have
PulseAudio removed via a USE flag.)
Paul
Jerry Peters
> Interesting finds you found and shared even though a bit technical to
> me. Thanks though. :)
>
> Hmm, I didn't see any toggles for an amp in all of the mixers I used
> (KDE's KMix, alsamixer, and alsamixergui). Maybe there's a parameter or
> something to see/access it?
Take a look at /etc/asound.state and see if there's anything there to
control the headphone amp.
Jerry
Ant
>> Interesting finds you found and shared even though a bit technical to
>> me. Thanks though. :)
>>
>> Hmm, I didn't see any toggles for an amp in all of the mixers I used
>> (KDE's KMix, alsamixer, and alsamixergui). Maybe there's a parameter
>> or something to see/access it?
>
> Any setting related to headphones ?
Um, just one but it is at 00 in alsamixer that can't be changed. I think
it is because I don't have a headphone connected right now? I use my
non-powered speakers more than the headphones. See my earlier screen
shots/captures of both mixers with old XMMS playing a MP3 file in the
background:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6076/63730723.png
http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/9545/28073079.png
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> Take a look at /etc/asound.state and see if there's anything there to
> control the headphone amp.
# cat /etc/asound.state
cat: /etc/asound.state: No such file or directory
# locate asound.state
/var/lib/alsa/asound.state
# cat /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
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comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)'
value false
}
control.18 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.19 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.20 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'CD Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.21 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'CD Playback Volume'
value.0 12
value.1 12
}
control.22 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Aux Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.23 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'Aux Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.24 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Switch'
value true
}
control.25 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Volume'
value.0 31
value.1 31
}
control.26 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 2
comment.item.0 Mic
comment.item.1 CD
comment.item.2 Video
comment.item.3 Aux
comment.item.4 Line
comment.item.5 Mix
comment.item.6 'Mix Mono'
comment.item.7 Phone
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Source'
value.0 Mic
value.1 Mic
}
control.27 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
value false
}
control.28 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 15'
comment.dbmin 0
comment.dbmax 2250
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.29 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Mix
comment.item.1 Mic
iface MIXER
name 'Mono Output Select'
value Mix
}
control.30 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Mic1
comment.item.1 Mic2
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Select'
value Mic1
}
control.31 {
comment.access read
comment.type IEC958
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
value
'0fff000f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
}
control.32 {
comment.access read
comment.type IEC958
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
value
cf00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
}
control.33 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type IEC958
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
value
'0082000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
}
control.34 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.35 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 3'
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA'
value 0
}
control.36 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Duplicate Front'
value false
}
control.37 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Front Input Switch'
value false
}
control.38 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Shared
comment.item.1 Independent
iface MIXER
name 'Surround Jack Mode'
value Shared
}
control.39 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 '2ch'
comment.item.1 '4ch'
comment.item.2 '6ch'
comment.item.3 '8ch'
iface MIXER
name 'Channel Mode'
value '2ch'
}
control.40 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Capture Switch'
value false
}
control.41 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 PCM
comment.item.1 'Analog In'
comment.item.2 'IEC958 In'
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Source'
value PCM
}
control.42 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'External Amplifier'
value false
}
}
state.Intel {
control.1 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -4650
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Front Playback Volume'
value.0 31
value.1 31
}
control.2 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Front Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.3 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -4650
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Surround Playback Volume'
value.0 19
value.1 19
}
control.4 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Surround Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.5 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -4650
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Center Playback Volume'
value 31
}
control.6 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -4650
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'LFE Playback Volume'
value 0
}
control.7 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Center Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.8 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'LFE Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.9 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -4650
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Side Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.10 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Side Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.11 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.12 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.13 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.14 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.15 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.16 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Volume'
value.0 31
value.1 31
}
control.17 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.18 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 3'
comment.dbmin 0
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Boost'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.19 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 3'
comment.dbmin 0
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Boost'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.20 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.21 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
index 1
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.22 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -1650
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
value.0 19
value.1 19
}
control.23 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -1650
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
index 1
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.24 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Mic
comment.item.1 'Front Mic'
comment.item.2 Line
iface MIXER
name 'Input Source'
value Line
}
control.25 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Mic
comment.item.1 'Front Mic'
comment.item.2 Line
iface MIXER
name 'Input Source'
index 1
value Line
}
control.26 {
comment.access read
comment.type IEC958
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
value
'0fff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
}
control.27 {
comment.access read
comment.type IEC958
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
value
'0f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
}
control.28 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type IEC958
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
value
'0400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
}
control.29 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.30 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.31 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -3450
comment.dbmax 1200
iface MIXER
name 'Beep Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.32 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Beep Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.33 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 31'
comment.dbmin -4650
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Volume'
value 31
}
control.34 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.35 {
comment.access 'read write user'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 255'
comment.tlv '0000000100000008ffffec1400000014'
comment.dbmin -5100
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Volume'
value.0 255
value.1 255
}
control.36 {
comment.access 'read write user'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 120'
comment.tlv '0000000100000008fffff44800000032'
comment.dbmin -3000
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Digital Capture Volume'
value.0 120
value.1 120
}
}
So maybe #46 and #42? I'd like my non-powered speakers to be louder too
if possible. :)
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Don
I am wondering if your box uses pulse audio. If so, get pavucontrol
(pulse audio volume control) -- worked for me, on pulse audio.
Don
Ant
have always used ALSA. I did a searched of my old HDDs for Pulse:
$ locate pulse
/etc/pulse
/etc/pulse/client.conf
/home/foo/.pulse
/home/foo/.pulse-cookie
/home/foo/.pulse/32f00cee559b4efc9942da0046d3f005-runtime
/home/bar/.mcop/trader-cache/example_pulse.arts.mcopclass
/home/bar/.mcop/trader-cache/example_pulse.arts.mcoptype
/home/bar/.mcop/trader-cache/example_pulse.mcopclass
/usr/bin/gnome-volume-control.pulse
/usr/lib/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0
/usr/lib/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0.0.4
/usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0
/usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0.0.3
/usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
/usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.12.2
/usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.2.0
/usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.21.so
/usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/libpulse.so
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/projectM-pulseaudio.desktop
/usr/share/doc/libpulse-mainloop-glib0
/usr/share/doc/libpulse0
/usr/share/doc/libpulse-mainloop-glib0/README
/usr/share/doc/libpulse-mainloop-glib0/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libpulse-mainloop-glib0/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libpulse-mainloop-glib0/copyright
/usr/share/doc/libpulse0/README
/usr/share/doc/libpulse0/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libpulse0/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/libpulse0/copyright
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse-mainloop-glib0.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse-mainloop-glib0.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse-mainloop-glib0.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse-mainloop-glib0.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse-mainloop-glib0.shlibs
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse0.conffiles
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse0.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse0.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse0.postinst
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse0.postrm
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libpulse0.shlibs
$ gnome-volume-control.pulse
** (gnome-volume-control.pulse:14469): WARNING **: Connection failed,
reconnecting...
** (gnome-volume-control.pulse:14469): WARNING **: Connection failed,
reconnecting...
It doesn't look I have it. :)
On 12/31/2010 5:56 PM PT, Don typed:
> I am wondering if your box uses pulse audio. If so, get pavucontrol
> (pulse audio volume control) -- worked for me, on pulse audio.
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Danno
ANT...@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> About 1.5 weeks ago, I put in a two years old MSI P43 NEO3-F (MSI-7514)
> motherboard/mobo. to replace my old Athlon 64 system for my old
> Debian/Linux box. I noticed its onboard audio volume is much lower than
> my previous motherboards' onboard audio (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe (Via
> chipset) and MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125; nForce4 chipset).
<snip>
I noticed a similar drop in volume when I switched to the integrated
audio on this motherboard, from an SBLive! discrete card, last time I
upgraded. While I was able to ramp it high enough, playing with alsamixer,
to use regularly, it never did reach the same volume levels that my old
cards are capable of (my SB Live! is capable of hurting my ears through
headphones, IIRC). I've just written it off as one of the power-saving
methods used by motherboard manufacturers -shrug-.
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Ant
> I noticed a similar drop in volume when I switched to the integrated
> audio on this motherboard, from an SBLive! discrete card, last time I
> upgraded. While I was able to ramp it high enough, playing with alsamixer,
> to use regularly, it never did reach the same volume levels that my old
> cards are capable of (my SB Live! is capable of hurting my ears through
> headphones, IIRC). I've just written it off as one of the power-saving
> methods used by motherboard manufacturers -shrug-.
Thank you for the confirmation. :)
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