On 23/01/14 17:42, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > 2014/1/23 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc at gmail.com>: >> It seems that PA refuses to use the maximum hardware volume of my sound card >> (Asus Xonar D1). As a result, the audio is very silent. I have the volume >> sliders in pavucontrol set to 100%, but PA only uses 40% (-20db) on the >> hardware mixer. [...] > > Which control are you raising? Maybe it is not in the default mixer > path known to pulseaudio? The control is named "Master Front". >> Isn't PA supposed to use 0db on the hardware by itself? > > It is. Please try to fix it without sudo, as follows: > > alsamixer -c0 > > and of course without killing pulseaudio. This way, it will remember > the volume change, as it came from user input. How do the sliders in > pavucontrol move during that command? Ah thanks. Didn't know about this switch. This presents the same mixer controls as without PA running. None of the controls in alsamixer move when I move the slider in pavucontrol, and none of the pavucontrol sliders move when I change the "Master Front" volume in alsamixer.
