Just installed the gutsy beta and have this same exact problem...volume is audible, but extremely low. I experienced this problem in feisty as well. Seems to be same exact problem I had in feisty, but was fixed when updating kernel...but now it is back (ugh!)...sysinfo is below:
Linux 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU LinuxAdvanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31 09:03:25 2007 UTC). 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xf0b40000 irq 21 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller -- [Regression] Sound volume very low in 2.6.22-10, intel_hda driver, ICH7 family https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135156 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs