The volume of audio is too low

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 30 December 2008 17:33, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> After some updates, the volume of audio became too low. Any ideas? I
> am using F10.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

Hi Paul.

As usual I suspect Pulseaudio as the culprit, as it can be responsible for low 
volume levels.

First though, open alsamixer as user in a terminal, as below.

alsamixer -D hw:0

Assuming that your card is card0, this should show all sliders for your 
soundcard. Check for ones like, Master, PCM, Front, CD, which should be up.

If all's ok in alsamixer, try disabling Pulseaudio (unless you particularly 
want it), by removing the package, alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, then reboot, and 
see if the sound levels are any better.

All the best.

Nigel.