From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Clark Subject: asus laptop sound to soft Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:05:22 -0400 Message-ID: <4C0E8662.5000604@earthlink.net> Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Takashi Iwai , Linux Kernel Network Developers Return-path: Received: from elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.61]:52862 "EHLO elasmtp-galgo.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751857Ab0FHSGV (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:06:21 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, When I play music on my Asus Z96F laptop using kde volume control set to max I can barely hear the music. Same with pulse audio volume control set to 100%. But if I run the gnome-volume-control it lets me move the volume past 100% and I can then hear it without any obvious distortion. How is it decided what is 100% especially if the volume can be made louder than 100% without any distortion ? Inquiring minds want to know :). -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)