sound too quiet

[Anton Stamenov]

Try to raise ogain control in the mixer

mixer ogain 100

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007, Steven Lumos wrote:
> I have a Shuttle SN41G2 with nForce2.  Volume control does effectively
> change the volume, but the max volume is way too quiet.  It's just
> barely audible through speakers, and not quite loud enough through
> earphones.  In the archive, most problems seem to be too loud instead
> of too quiet....  I'm hoping there's some hack I can install to make
> it work for me even if it would make things too loud for others.
> 
> Info follows.  Thanks.
> 
> Steve
> 
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD bitty.lumos.us 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Feb  2
> 00:54:34 PST 2007     root at bitty.lumos.us:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BITTY
> i386
> # pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 audio
> none6 at pci0:5:0: class=0x040100 card=0xf5411297 chip=0x006b10de rev=0xa2 
> hdr=0x00
>    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>    device   = 'nForce MCP-T? Audio Processing Unit (Dolby Digital)'
>    class    = multimedia
>    subclass = audio
> pcm0 at pci0:6:0:  class=0x040100 card=0xf5411297 chip=0x006a10de rev=0xa1 
> hdr=0x00
>    vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>    device   = 'nForce MCP-T Audio Codec Interface'
>    class    = multimedia
>    subclass = audio
> # dmesg | grep ^pcm
> pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> port 0xd400-0xd4ff,0xd800-0xd87f mem
> 0xe4081000-0xe4081fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
> pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec>
> pcm0: detached
> pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> port 0xd400-0xd4ff,0xd800-0xd87f mem
> 0xe4081000-0xe4081fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
> pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec>
> pcm0: detached
> pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> port 0xd400-0xd4ff,0xd800-0xd87f mem
> 0xe4081000-0xe4081fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
> pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec>
> pcm0: detached
> pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> port 0xd400-0xd4ff,0xd800-0xd87f mem
> 0xe4081000-0xe4081fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
> pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec>
> pcm0: detached
> pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> port 0xd400-0xd4ff,0xd800-0xd87f mem
> 0xe4081000-0xe4081fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0
> pcm0: [MPSAFE]
> pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC650 AC97 Codec (id = 0x414c4720)>
> pcm0: Codec features 20 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, 5 bit master volume,
> Realtek 3D Stereo Enhancement
> pcm0: Primary codec extended features variable rate PCM, double rate
> PCM, reserved 1, center DAC, surround DAC, LFE DAC, reserved 4
> pcm0: ac97 codec dac ready count: 0
> pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 756bd000, 4000; 0xea180000 -> 756bd000
> pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 756b9000, 4000; 0xea184000 -> 756b9000
> pcm0: measured ac97 link rate at 48001 Hz, will use 48000 Hz
> # sysctl hw.snd.verbose=2; cat /dev/sndstat
> hw.snd.verbose: 1 -> 2
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <nVidia nForce2> at io 0xd400, 0xd800 irq 22 bufsz 16384 kld
> snd_ich (1p/1r/0v channels duplex default)
>        [pcm0:play:0:dsp0.0]: spd 0, fmt 0x00000000/0x00000008, flags
> 0x00000000, 0x00000000
>        interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0 [b:16384/8192/2|bs:0/0/0]
>        {userland} -> feeder_root(0x00000000) -> {hardware}
>        [pcm0:record:0:dsp0.1]: spd 0, fmt 0x00000000/0x00000008,
> flags 0x00000000, 0x00000000
>        interrupts 0, overruns 0, hfree 16384, sfree 0 
>        [b:16384/8192/2|bs:0/0/0]
>        {hardware} -> feeder_root(0x00000000) -> {userland}
> # sysctl hw.snd
> hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1
> hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32
> hw.snd.verbose: 2
> hw.snd.maxautovchans: 0
> hw.snd.unit: 0
> hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 16384
> hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 0
> hw.snd.pcm0.ac97rate: 48000
> # /usr/sbin/mixer
> Mixer vol      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer pcm      is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer speaker  is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer line     is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer cd       is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer igain    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer ogain    is currently set to  50:50
> Mixer line1    is currently set to  75:75
> Mixer phin     is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer phout    is currently set to   0:0
> Mixer video    is currently set to  75:75
> Recording source: mic
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