On Fri, 19 Aug 2022, Bret Busby wrote:
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.
Sorry. That tag has been part of my reply header for some time. I'll
reword it.
2. See attachment. The slider goes past 100%, which, from your wording in
your request, is what I understand that you seek.
What I seek is 1) the ability to hover the mouse pointer over the volume
applet and raise the volume past 100% using the mouse wheel and 2) the
ability to click on the volume applet and use the slider that appears to
raise the volume past 100%. I already know how to bring up a dialog to do
this. I was able to do #1 before an untimely wipe and reinstall and am
having trouble figuring out just what I did.
--
David Griffith
d...@661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
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