Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:18:06 -0400 - Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???>:

> On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 02:07:27PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 11:35:20PM +0200, Lorenz wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Il giorno dom 21 lug 2024 alle ore 17:00 Hendrik Boom
> > > <hendrik@???> ha scritto:
> > > >
> > > > I upgraded from chimaera to daedalus Friday night.
> > > > Today for the first time I joined a meeting on zoom, using the zoom
> > > > app invoked from firefox-esr.
> > > > The audio is very very quiet. Hard to understand the spoken voice.
> > > > Befre the upgrade I had no such problem.
> > >
> > > Sometimes it happen that the audio level is reset (lowered) during
> > > an upgrade.
> > > Try 'alsamixer', use F6 to select the sound hardware (not pulseaudio)
> > > and check levels there.
> >
> > alsamixer does not seem to respond when I press '+' or up-arrow to
> > incease volume. What should I be looking for?
>
> It does respond to '-' and '+' when I run it as root. But there is no
> change in perceived volume. Makes me think there's some other volume
> control still hidden away.
> alsamixer does seem to think the volume is
> already at max, though my ears perceive otherwise. Yes, I did check the
> volume on my external amplifier. It's at max. Turning that one down makes
> audio even quieter,so I'm pretty sure it's the physical sound device.

> > > >
> > > > Does daedalus have some new audio subsystem I need to adjust?
> > > > The usual pulseaudio volume control doesn't seem to help.
> > > >
> > > > -- hendrik



> It does respond to '-' and '+' when I run it as root. But there is no
> change in perceived volume. Makes me think there's some other volume
> control still hidden away.

maybe the problem is related to pulseaudio?
alexus


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