Linux sound problems

I use a soyo mobo, with integrated soundl. The docs say its AC97 6 Channel Audio codec. So far, with Knoppix, knoppix STD and DamnSmall Linux, I have had problems with my sound volume. Whatever sound I play, it plays at 100% volume. So in XMMS, with the volume adjuster turned as low as possible, I still get 100% volume. I have no clue where to get started trying to config, or fix the problem, or whatever. I was hoping someone could offer some advice if they ran into this problem before or they just know it off the top of their heads...

Thanks a bunch

I often use the ac97_codec and the i810_audio driver. They seem to work just great.
Can you give the output of an lsmod here ?

Also check you system-volume control. It might be locked at 100%. I think that overrides apps like xmms.

Sorry I took so long... I don't know how to copy paste from the terminal!!! :(

So I took a screenshot... I hope it worked. If not.. I'll take a actual screenshot with a camera.

Hey shrekkie... I'm a dumbass...

Where does one go for this?

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check you system-volume control.

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im in damnsmall linux on fluxbox, the only volume controls I have found are in slit and xmms, and neither work. Thanks for the response!

Soda,

If you're in bash, to copy/paste elsewhere, just select, and hit the two mousebuttons or the scrolling wheel where you wanna paste it.
Btw don't bother about not knowing, been there done that ;)

Anyway this is weird indeed ...

Soda, found some interesting bugreport.

http://<a rel="nofollow" href="http:...?id=117049</a>

Does this resemble your problem (besides redhat of course) ?

Try Xine instead of XMMS, I always have these samll problems with XMMS and I just ended up giving up on it.

.: Shrekkie :., The report is similar in that it uses max volume, but it sounds like that user has found a workaround for it. I have no workaround, and so far all software (games and such) have done the same "permanent max volume" thing. So xine isn't a solution, unfortunately. I have a feeling I just don't know how to adjust the volume properly, xmms doesn't work, so I'm hoping someone could rant off the ways that one could change the volume...

Soda,

try this :

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root@S04200 n300851 # lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
0000:02:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:04.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 02)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
0000:02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)

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Try to check what he effectively sees as hardware ... Maybe we can find a workaround with another driver. Can you give here also some more specs of your mobo ?
Also a "dmesg | more" can reveal alot of your hardware information.

If you don't have "lspci" , here you can get it : http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/pciutils.shtml