Myros:
> Hi Claudia, thanks for your response
>
> aplay -l responds this:
> card 0: PCH HDA INTEL PCH device 0 ALC255 analog
>
> the other command does work, but i dont know how to export those from dom 0
> and its like 2 pages long, i hope it works without these infos.
If you just want to copy a few lines, select text with the mouse, right
click, and choose "copy" (don't use Ctrl-C in terminal), then press
Ctrl-Shift-C, switch your browser/email in another VM, and then
Ctrl-Shift-V.
For the whole file, run `lspci -k > ~/lspci.txt` then `qvm-copy-to-vm
anon-whonix ~/lspci.txt` (replace anon-whonix with the name of the VM
you want to copy to). Then it will appear in that VM under
/home/user/QubesIncoming/dom0.
> gain was already 0
>
> where do i set these model= ?
>
> I will look into kernel upgrades.
That's what I would try first because it's simple to do.
`qubes-dom0-update kernel-latest` should be fine. Although, I don't
think your card is very new, so a kernel upgrade may not fix anything.
> Greez Myros
>
Also, try modifying your alsa configuration as described here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1108825/laptops-speakers-sound-bad-poor-sound-quality
For specifying a model:
`sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf`
add a line "options snd_hda_intel " followed by the parameters you want.
Save and reboot.
For example,
options snd_hda_intel enable_msi=0 model=dell-spk-noise power_save=0
power_save_controller=N
Here is a list of models. Look under the section for your card,
"ALC22x", and see if any of them sound like your machine. There may be
more than one and it will take some trial and error.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/sound/hd-audio/models.html#alc22x-23x-25x-269-27x-28x-29x-and-vendor-specific-alc3xxx-models
Note you can also try the special parameter "model=generic", which can
fix a wide range of different problems.
Tip: go into the qubes manager -> VM settings, and make sure "start VM
at boot" is unchecked for all VMs. This will make rebooting much faster.
See also
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/sound/hd-audio/index.html
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/sound/hd-audio/notes.html
https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Help_To_Debug_Intel_HDA#.27model.27_parameter