on Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:52:16PM -0700, machoamerica (machoamerica@ziplip.com) wrote:
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Thank you.
> hi there, i'm running a dual boot sytem (debian, win98) and i'm
> finding that the maximum volume i can get any application to play at
> (xmms, cdplay, dvd players, etc.) is several times quieter than in the
> corresponding windows application. way quieter than i would like.
> i'm not using alsa or oss, just a regular kernel module. the kernel
> module is maestro3 and my card is a ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1.
Have you adjusted your mixer levels?
$ su aptitude install aumix
$ aumix
(aumix is a curses-based audio mixer).
> is there a master volume setting somewhere i'm unaware of?
See above.
> 'lsmod' gives:
>
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> <snip a bunch of irrelevant stuff...>
> maestro3 24040 1
> soundcore 3524 2 [maestro3]
> ac97_codec 9376 0 [maestro3]
>
> 'cat /proc/pci' gives:
>
> PCI devices found:
> <snip a bunch of irrelevant stuff...>
> Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
> Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 16).
> IRQ 9.
> Master Capable. Latency=16. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=24.
> I/O at 0x6800 [0x68ff].
Try the above first.
Peace.
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