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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.
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David Griffith
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