hello all i have a weird problem. whenever i play sound files/songs on my debian sarge machine (any media player) it plays no doubt. but the sound is audible only when i put speaker on full volume. i fail to understand the problem. tried all sorts of players from freshmeat without success.. can anyone tell me wht could be the problem?
cheers -- Apoorva Kulkarni
Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
hello all i have a weird problem. whenever i play sound files/songs on my debian sarge machine (any media player) it plays no doubt. but the sound is audible only when i put speaker on full volume. i fail to understand the problem. tried all sorts of players from freshmeat without success.. can anyone tell me wht could be the problem?
cheers
Apoorva Kulkarni
Hi Apoorva,
Did you try increasing the sound volume using the mixer applet? Use the gnome/kde mixer that is available with your desktop installation or download and use the alsa mixer ('apt-get install alsautils' I think)
Siddhesh
On Sunday 04 December 2005 00:56, Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
hello all i have a weird problem. whenever i play sound files/songs on my debian sarge machine (any media player) it plays no doubt. but the sound is audible only when i put speaker on full volume. i fail to understand the problem. tried all sorts of players from freshmeat without success.. can anyone tell me wht could be the problem?
cheers
Apoorva Kulkarni
Are you using ALSA Drivers 1.0.10? Not the kernel drivers. The ones that come with the ALSA package.
Regards, Mrugesh
There are two relevant *software* volume controls to consider: Master and PCM Media-players usually manipulate PCM without touching Master. First make sure your Master volume is not too low using aumix(ncurses) or xaumix.
Secondly it is possible that your speakers need power-supply for amplification which you have not connected. When I use my speakers without the A/C adapter and the speaker switch set to "OFF" position, I get just enough volume for one person to hear. The sound card o/p typically provides just enough power to drive ear-phones and not a ~100W speaker (which reminds me ... do you face same problem with earphones??).
- farazs
On 12/4/05, Faraz Shahbazker faraz.shahbazker@gmail.com wrote:
There are two relevant *software* volume controls to consider: Master and PCM Media-players usually manipulate PCM without touching Master. First make sure your Master volume is not too low using aumix(ncurses) or xaumix.
i will try that and get back.
Secondly it is possible that your speakers need power-supply for
amplification which you have not connected. When I use my speakers without the A/C adapter and the speaker switch set to "OFF" position, I get just enough volume for one person to hear. The sound card o/p typically provides just enough power to drive ear-phones and not a ~100W speaker (which reminds me ... do you face same problem with earphones??).
i dont think its a power supply issue.. thx for the inputs..
-- Apoorva Kulkarni
On 12/4/05, Faraz Shahbazker faraz.shahbazker@gmail.com wrote:
There are two relevant *software* volume controls to consider: Master and PCM Media-players usually manipulate PCM without touching Master. First make sure your Master volume is not too low using aumix(ncurses) or xaumix.
hey there i tried the aumix.. the volume doen not get affected at all whether i make it zero or full.. i also remember having this problem with the red hat 9.0tht i used to have?
-- Apoorva Kulkarni
On 12/4/05, Apoorva Kulkarni apoorva1911@gmail.com wrote:
i tried the aumix.. the volume doen not get affected at all whether i make it zero or full.. i also remember having this problem with the red hat 9.0tht i used to have?
This is very strange. I'd investigate(google) further on these lines. Could be a driver issue related to your particular hardware. Which audio-chipset/card do you have? Also, are you using ALSA or OSS drivers?
- farazs
On 12/4/05, Derwyn Dpenha derwynd@gmail.com wrote:
need to know the output of # lspci to know the h/w you have
ozzman:/home/ozzy# lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02) 0000:01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 06) 0000:01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
-- Apoorva Kulkarni
I was thinking.. Curently I am using the 2.6.8 .deb kernel version. Maybe that is the cause of the but I am not so sure.What if I do a fresh compilation of a new kernel like say 2.6.14? Will that help in any way? What options should I take care of when I am selecting the modules/drivers?
-- Apoorva Kulkarni
On Sunday 04 December 2005 23:47, Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
I was thinking.. Curently I am using the 2.6.8 .deb kernel version. Maybe that is the cause of the but I am not so sure.What if I do a fresh compilation of a new kernel like say 2.6.14? Will that help in any way? What options should I take care of when I am selecting the modules/drivers?
-- Apoorva Kulkarni
The first question I asked upon reading your problem was the version of your ALSA drivers. I am repeating it.
Mrugesh
Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
I was thinking.. Curently I am using the 2.6.8 .deb kernel version. Maybe that is the cause of the but I am not so sure.What if I do a fresh compilation of a new kernel like say 2.6.14? Will that help in any way? What options should I take care of when I am selecting the modules/drivers?
Did you try removing and reinstalling the alsa modules? In the PCQ Linux 2005 based on FC3 I had a problem of no sound. I removed the modules and reloaded fresh ones from the net. Then sound worked.
Regards,
Rony.
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Apoorva , Did you tryu killing the enlightment sound demon [$killall -9 esd] , from what I know the debian systems have the esd and they cause this peoblem . Also could you try playing the a audio cd through the default player . If you can hear the sound , then is certainly a the esd . I had this issue with a good bit of boxes thats i installed ubuntu for home use .PLease let me know , I am curious it to know is this happens to all debian based systems .
Francis Pereira.
On Saturday 03 December 2005 19:26, Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
hello all i have a weird problem. whenever i play sound files/songs on my debian sarge machine (any media player) it plays no doubt. but the sound is audible only when i put speaker on full volume. i fail to understand the problem. tried all sorts of players from freshmeat without success.. can anyone tell me wht could be the problem?
Check out your cable. It might be plugged into the wrong socket at the back of your comp. Have you tried playing songs in Windoze? Do they play well?
On 12/4/05, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Check out your cable. It might be plugged into the wrong socket at the
back of your comp. Have you tried playing songs in Windoze? Do they play well?
dude...ya they are plugged in the right socket.. no offence but duhhh!! :)
-- Apoorva Kulkarni
On Sunday 04 December 2005 05:40, Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
On 12/4/05, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Check out your cable. It might be plugged into the wrong socket at the
back of your comp. Have you tried playing songs in Windoze? Do they play well?
dude...ya they are plugged in the right socket.. no offence but duhhh!! :)
It was a hunch. BTW try using alsamixer at the command line. Turn up the main volume ;)
On Saturday 03 December 2005 19:26, Apoorva Kulkarni wrote:
hello all i have a weird problem. whenever i play sound files/songs on my debian sarge machine (any media player) it plays no doubt. but the sound is audible only when i put speaker on full volume. i fail to understand the problem. tried all sorts of players from freshmeat without success.. can anyone tell me wht could be the problem?
Hey , I had a similar problem with the old Ubuntu . Try killing the enlightentment sound demon . It takes over the system sound [$killall -9 esd]. Let me know if it works .
Francis Pereira
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