From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753717AbZEQUiU (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 May 2009 16:38:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753709AbZEQUiG (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 May 2009 16:38:06 -0400 Received: from lon1-post-3.mail.demon.net ([195.173.77.150]:56536 "EHLO lon1-post-3.mail.demon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752628AbZEQUiF (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 May 2009 16:38:05 -0400 Subject: Re: regression in 2.6.30-rc6 -- via82xx sound very quiet From: Richard Kennedy To: Takashi Iwai Cc: perex@perex.cz, lkml In-Reply-To: References: <1242578874.2748.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 21:38:03 +0100 Message-Id: <1242592683.2748.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 (2.24.5-1.fc10) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 19:16 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Sun, 17 May 2009 17:47:54 +0100, > Richard Kennedy wrote: > > > > In the current git 2.6.30-rc6 the sound from my motherboard has become > > extremely quiet, I have to turn my speakers up all the way to hear > > anything at all. > > I'm not too sure when the problem first started but I've just tested > > 2.6.30-rc4 and it works correctly. > > Try to correct "DXS Playback Volume" mixer elements. > The dB range of these volumes were fixed recently to the correct > values. If the old mixer value is restored using the dB value, > it would be restored to a much lower value, which explains your > symptom. > > Simply set these volumes to the max (i.e. 0dB) and never change unless > you really need them. > > > thanks, > > Takashi Hi Takashi, thanks for that. Yes that works. I didn't even know I had that control, so I guess this could be a common problem. regards Richard