Volume increases by itself

[gualter666]

Hi, I'm having a problem with my sound device. The panel volume control doesn't change the volume. I've installed GNOME Alsa mixer, and I see that the volume control moves the front control, but in order to adjust the sound properly I have to move the PCM control. Every time an application starts, the PCM control goes to top, and volume increases, so I have to open the ALSA Mixer and manually adjust the PCM level. Is there any way to make that volume control moves the PCM level instead of front level? Thanks

[Gerd50]

Huh, strange. Which soundcard do you have?

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cat /proc/asound/cards 

At first you can try

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure alsa-base

if it doesn't help

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sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset

if that doesn't help uninstall the package pavucontrol and reinstall it. Or remove pulseaudio completely and check what alsa
does without pulse.

[gualter666]

Hi Gerd50, thanks for answerimg, I've tried what you told me, still the same. Here's my cat /proc/asound/cards:

walter@walter ~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f4000 irq 16
1 [Generic ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe8bc000 irq 45

I'm using the card 1 (HDA-Intel), it's the onboard sound. My motherboard is an ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO, With integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics

The other is an ATI Radeon HD5670.

[Gerd50]

ATI Radeon HD5670 is a graphic card. You have HDA Intel with HDA ATI SB Soundchip and i think it has to be configured right.

What do you get with

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lspci | grep Audio

and

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head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec*

?

[zhanshime]

sudo apt-get remove earcandy may solve your problem

[gualter666]

Gerd50, here is the result

walter@walter ~ $ lspci | grep Audio
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series]

walter@walter ~ $ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec*
Codec: VIA VT1708S

[gualter666]

sudo apt-get remove earcandy may solve your problem

zhanshime, Earcandy is not installed, so i can't remove it. Thanks anyway.

[Gerd50]

Open the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with

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gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

at the end add the line

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options snd-hda-intel model=auto

hope for you it will work

[gualter666]

Open the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with

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gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

at the end add the line

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options snd-hda-intel model=auto

hope for you it will work

Still the same, here's my alsa-base.conf

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-emu10k1-synth ; : ; }

# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-hda-intel model=auto

Is that OK or should I modify something?

[Gerd50]

No, don't modify it and sorry i forgot to write to restart your pc after adding the options snd-hda-intel line. If a restart won't
help i don't know which options could be correct. kernel.org

http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation ... Models.txt

says for VIA VT17xx/VT18xx/VT20xx codec 'auto' should work.