Problem with very low sound

[H.S.]

Mark Pyles wrote:
> Hi everyone:
> 
> I am having a problem with my sound. It is very low. It is so low that I 
> have to use earphones to listen to any type of sound.
> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1525. When I right click on 
> the sound icon I go to preferences and it shows me that my setting is 
> set for HDA Intel (Alsa Mixer) and below, the selection that is 
> highlighted is "Master". I have tried the other choices in the drop down 
> box which are "SigmaTel STAC9228 (OSS MIXER), Playback: ALSA PCM on 
> front, Capture: Monitor source of ALSA,", but nothing seems to improve 
> my sound.
> 
> Unfortunately I am not knowledgeable enough yet to find out what the 
> name of my sound card is from the terminal.  Is there some way to get 
> the sound to work so that I can actually hear it? Thank you.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 

Do you have a volume control applet on your panel? I assume you are
using Gnome. If you don't have the applet, add that applet to your panel
(right click on the panel and go to Add applet...) and then play with
its preferences by setting it to control Master or PCM volume.

You can try out various sounds in Preferences->Sound dialog box (they
have 'play' button beside them).

BTW, to know what is your sound device (or card), you can use this
command in the terminal:
$> aplay -l



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