Phil Savoie wrote: > On 01/16/2013 10:41 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> 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? >> > Which config? Pulseadio volume control? Alsamixer? > Because I've ran both. In kde, which is what I'm using here at work, start menu->settings->system settings->computer administration->multimedia, but that just gets me test. I'm still running 5.8 at home, and I think I had something like system-config-sound. I s'pose I need to dig into this more.... mark