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? mark