Note: I have a similar chip (I think they are similar): VIA VT1708S. Here are the symptoms. (I am using Lucid)
Stock Lucid: 1, Sound is quiet, but it is tolerable 2. Volume scales from near silence to full volume low in the pulse mixer Lucid With Alsa Backport Package: 1. Now sound is louder 2. Mixer works with pulse 3. Critical problem with headphones/speakers. Pulse immediately mutes them when plugged in. Manually playing with alsamixer will unmute the channel, however the pulse mixer seems to override it. Lucid With Alsa Backport, Pulse Removed: 1. This is what I currently use, to get the louder sound AND external speakers. I tried OSS4, however it was not to be so I am using just alsa. 2. Downside is no volume key support without a PPA. I use Gnome Alsamixer or the terminal to change volume. As I stated the best option seems to be to use Alsa Backports with pulse removed. I should note that this is FIXED in Pulse in Maverick, however you need to disable glitch free (tsched=0) or the sound stutters terribly. -- [VIA VT1828S] Volume level scaling problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
