Re: Volume control on debian system? (Was: Bug#985666: alsa-utils: no sound after installation)

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 3/27/2021 7:53 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Nick Gawronski, le mer. 24 mars 2021 20:57:57 -0500, a ecrit:
> > Hi, Yes now that both volumes are at %100 the speakup volume controls work
> > as normal.  Should not the master and PCM be set to %100 by default after a
> > new installation?
>
> Not necessarily 100%, because that might be way too loud for some
> setups.
>
> But it should be possible for the user to be able to raise to 100%
> easily. I see that I had made that possible only for the installer,
> because there you cannot easily use a mixer, and for the installed
> system rather let alsa scripts set it up. The rationale I had taken note
> of was that the speakup-provided volume control was perhaps not precise
> enough. Indeed, once you make espeakup control the card volume, you
> cannot tune it with a mixer any more since espeakup will try to override
> it over and over.
>
> So the question is raised: are people fine with the granularity that the
> speakup shortcut provides in the Debian installer?

It is always easier to lower down the volume than to increase it.

If such a move is done, documenting this on the wiki with something like
below might not be a bad idea:

"Per user request, the "debian-installer" ('d-i') will now set, per
default, every possible volumes to their maximum allowed values.
If you require privacy during or after first boot, using headphone is
advised.
Note that it is always possible during or after installation to tailor
those volumes to your liking."

--
John Doe