There is frequently more than one volume setting, and more than one on/off switch associated with an alsa sound card. If you think in terms of "the volume," you can easily miss adjusting the parameter that needs adjustment. amixer is the most reliable way to see exactly what's what. Sorry. Everything else is voodoo at some level. Janina Jude DaShiell writes: > Couldn't adjusting Master say to 85% clear this volume problem without > necessity to mess with the volume controls directly? On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, > Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:17:57 > >From: Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: cannot get into gnome. do I need a screen anyway? > > > >Kristoffer Gustafsson writes: > >>Hi. > >>The problem was not the screen at all, just that I can't see > >>Everything with orca. > >>the thing i can see is really gnome Shell program window. > >>I've got a solution maybe for my sound problems. > >>How do I come to the volume Control? > >>perhaps it helps to look into that. > > > > > >Well, I do that with amixer. It's important to know your alsa card > >number. Then you can do commands like: > > > >amixer -c4 controls > > > >This provides the various control parameters available for the card 4 > >device. > > > >One of them will have to do with volume. But, be careful, there's > >usually also an off/on switch among the controls. > > > >> > >>2015-08-11 16:07 GMT+02:00, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx>: > >>>Tab onto your name then tab once more to get on password field then key in > >>>password and hit enter. After that wait a couple minutes. On Tue, 11 Aug > >>>2015, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: > >>> > >>>>Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 06:27:46 > >>>>From: Kristoffer Gustafsson <kg.kristoffer@xxxxxxxxx> > >>>>Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>Subject: cannot get into gnome. do I need a screen anyway? > >>>> > >>>>Hi. > >>>>It seems that I still need a screen to run gnome. > >>>>I get a message sayng something about fscreen busy. > >>>>I get the screen reader up, I press on my name into the login, and jus > >>>>get a message saying "sorry, it doesn't work. > >>>>Is there any other good disbribution that works? > >>>>/Kristoffer > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Kristoffer Gustafsson > >>>>Sal?ngsgatan 7a > >>>>tel:033-12 60 93 > >>>>mobil: 0730-500934 > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>Blinux-list mailing list > >>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >>>-- > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Blinux-list mailing list > >>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Kristoffer Gustafsson > >>Sal?ngsgatan 7a > >>tel:033-12 60 93 > >>mobil: 0730-500934 > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Blinux-list mailing list > >>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list