On Fri, 19 Aug 2022, Bret Busby wrote:
On 19/8/22 03:04, David Griffith wrote:
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.
What is wrong with simply bringing up the Sound preferences window, and
clicking on the position of the marker on the slider, and dragging it to the
position wanted?
Your original query did not specify that you wanted instead, to be using a
mouseover and the mouse wheel, instead of the buttons on the mouse.
I don't want to go through multiple clicks and the open/close of a dialog
box. Sometimes I get files/streams that are so quiet that even the max
provided by that method of 153% is not enough. I don't want a dialog
popping over what I'm doing. I was previously able to do exactly what I
wanted, so I know that it's possible. Also, I have come across repeated
requests on how to do what I'm trying to rediscover, so I'd like to get
the answer put out there for them.
--
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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