Hi, I just want to ask you if you have heard about the problem with low sound volume level even though you set the alsamixer on the (almost) maximum volume level. The sound card: snd-hda-intel / AD1981 / ICH7 )
It's a big problem for me especially when I watch a movie with ac3 (DVD quality) decoded sound. The volume level is extrimly low in such situation (I mean the level you hear the sound). I have to connect my loudspeakers to a ampilifier and set it in very high level.
I don't have such problem when I work with Windows XP. They are loud enough.
That's alsa-info.sh result: http://pastebin.ca/908831
It is said that there are some preferences in the totem package (hidden in alsamixer) that can fix it and make alsa to remember higher sound level.
I've noticed that problem with all kernels I tested (I've checked about 15-20 kernels from that range 2.6.13.x - 2.6.24.x) (I usually use vanillia kernel (from www.kernel.org) /with build alsa/). But I've tested the newest alsa-drivers: 1.0.16 with 2.6.24.2 kernel also and the result was the same.
Could you chack that problem, please?
Robert