Chris Vighagen wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to make heads and tails of a small sound problem. > I get sound very very very low from the headphones jack, I had to run > it through an external amp on max to get a whisper out of the > headphones jack. The onboard speakers make no sound at all. > > Alsaconfig says that the kernel module to use is the snd_hda_intel > which it is using with out any parameters. > > the /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 says that the Codec is the Generic 1106 > ID 1708 which I have no idea how to configure. > > Could someone help me figuring this out by pointing me in the right direction? > First off, make sure all appropriate volume controls are up. Gnome mixer doesn't seem to enable all the useful ones by default, so if you're using that, click Edit->Preferences and turn everything on, then make sure they're turned up. Also look for a headphone switch that might need to be turned on. You might need two tweak the module options. Here's one explanation: http://leufke.info/linux/asus/#sound There's another possibility. My motherboard chip also uses hda_intel (it's a Realtek ALC883). It's advertised as having a headphone output that's electronically distinct from the main surround outs. This means you can play sound through the headphones that's different from what's coming out the surround channels. This would mean the chip really has 10 channels, so the headphone would be on channels 8 and 9. (I don't know, I haven't tried it.) If your chip is the same, it would mean you're not hearing the headphone output, you're hearing leakage from the other channels. You'll need to hack .asoundrc to get control of those channels. There's a bit of a learning curve to that file, but it's very powerful, and worth the effort. -B ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
