Re: Re: The powerpc architecture ubiquitous problem: sound

["Eddy Petrişor" <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com>]

On 6/16/06, Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr> wrote:
> >> Now, the fun part; every sound begins loud (or should I say at a
> >> normal level) and then is almost imediately attenuated, resulting in
> >> annoyance and really low volume in general. With dmasound-pmac the
> >> volume used to be a lot louder and didn't had this kind of issues.
> >
> > Sounds like DRC. Disable it or yank up its range with a mixer app.
> >
> >
>
> I use "alsamixer" to turn off DRC.  But each two reboots I need to turn
> it off again, because the system reboots with DRC on.  Do you have the
> same problem?

Hmm, I haven't tested this. I usually keep my laptop in sleep when not
used. Will test tonight.

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Regards,
EddyP
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