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From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm-freebsd-current@transactionware.com>
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Subject: RE: Low volume sound on Dell Precision 530 (snd_ich)
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Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:27,=20
> janm-freebsd-current@transactionware.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just started running RELENG_5 after having run=20
> RELENG_4 for a while.
> >
> > After upgrading to 5.3-BETA3 (fresh install from ISO), the=20
> sound volume is
> > very low.  Running recent sources doesn't change things.
> >
> > I did have a similar problem with RELENG_4, but I could=20
> work around it by
> > explicitly loading snd_ich rather than snd_pcm. =20
> Unfortunately, that isn't
> > helping with 5.3-BETA.
> >
> > This is a Dell Precision 530 with an i860 chipset.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this before?  Any suggestions?
>=20
> Try fiddling with the mixer settings?
>=20
> eg..
> mixer pcm 100
> mixer ogain 100
> mixer vol 100

Thanks.

Only "mixer ogain" and "mixer pcm" change the actual volume on this =
machine.
"mixer cd" does affect CD playback volume, but I need to increase ogain =
from
the default 50:50 to get an acceptable volume.

"mixer vol" has no effect;  the actual volume stays constant as I change =
the
volume from 0 to 100.  This seems like a bug, but perhaps I'm missing
something.

Regards,

Jan Mikkelsen