Phil Savoie wrote:
I have been wrestling with this problem for months now and at my wits end. The sound is always very low and if I try to bring the sound louder by using the sound references icon on the top panel, the sound is choppy with lots of static.
<snip> What are you using to listen?
At home, I've found that if, for example, I use realplayer, and set a volume, and then try to use mplayer, or vice versa, I can't make the volume go louder than had been set at max on the first-used player. Close the second, make the first volume louder, and no problem.
Have you run the configuration as root, and run the test?
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