D. R. Evans wrote on 2/18/20 10:21 AM: > I recently bought a system with a Supermicro MBD-X11SAT-F-O motherboard, which > includes audio. Previously, this system ran Windows; it is now running debian > stable (buster). > > Unfortunately, the audio seems to have very low output. > > I have fiddled with all the high-level controls available through alsamixer to > no avail. (Also PulseAudio, although I think -- to the extent that I > understand how this all is supposed to work -- that that runs on top of ALSA, > so if ALSA is providing low audio, PulseAudio won't help.) > > So I'm thinking that there must be an issue with the driver that debian has > decided to install and use. > > This is a new area for me, and I have no idea how to determine the driver in > use, or how to change it. > > For what it's worth, "aplay -l" says: > > ---- > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > ---- > > Guidance would be very much appreciated. > Does anyone have any further suggestions other than those already made? I thought about raising the problem on alsa-devel, but that really doesn't seem to be the right place to say "I can't get this motherboard to work with ALSA". Even if I end up having to bypass the problem by using a different, separate sound board (which is looking increasingly likely), it would be helpful to future users if I could figure out how to get this board working properly. Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans
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