Re: Bug#985666: alsa-utils: no sound after installation

[Nick Gawronski <nick@nickgawronski.com>]

Hi, Setting it to %100 worked but the volume is still lower on the 
system then on the system with the full desktop installation. Why is 
this as using the speakup volume keys did not make any change when it 
was set low?  Nick Gawronski

On 3/24/2021 5:56 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Nick Gawronski, le mer. 24 mars 2021 16:55:53 -0500, a ecrit:
> > [?2004hroot@debian642:~# ps axf
> Ok, no desktop and thus no pulseaudio in the way.
>
> > [?2004hroot@debian642:~# amixer -c 0 scontents
> > [?2004l
> > Simple mixer control 'Master',0
> >    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
> >    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> >    Limits: Playback 0 - 63
> >    Mono:
> >    Front Left: Playback 49 [78%] [-21.00dB] [on]
> >    Front Right: Playback 49 [78%] [-21.00dB] [on]
> > Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
> >    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
> >    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> >    Limits: Playback 0 - 63
> >    Mono:
> >    Front Left: Playback 23 [37%] [0.00dB] [on]
> >    Front Right: Playback 23 [37%] [0.00dB] [on]
> This does not seem muted. Does .wav playing with aplay etc. produce
> sound?
>
> 37% is a bit low but that should still be audible. I'm surprised by the
> value, though, alsa-utils should have set it to 80%. Did you try to use
> the speakup shortcuts to raise the volume? You can also try to use
>
> amixer -c 0 set PCM 90%
>
> to directly set it to 90%
>
> Samuel