Realtek ALC888 and Ubuntu Hardy Heron low audio problem
Last night I installed Ubuntu 8.04 and I’m so impressed. I did the WbUI version. And let me tell you, It was the easiest OS install I have ever done. Everything is great only one problem. My audio was really quiet. I have an Realtek ALC888 chipset. I had to crank my speakers to get a descent volume.
I found a solution.
Even through I have my speakers plugged into the ‘Green’ standard front channel jack Ubuntu thinks it’s plugged into the side channel.
- Open up the ALSA mixer[double click on the speaker at the top by the time]
- Click on Edit->Preferences
- Check all of the output channels
- Turn the volume up on all the devices till you find the right channel(be careful if you have your speakers still cranked or you’ll soil yourself)
Thats it. Easy.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
WOW!! 2 hours of trying to tweak the system and it was as easy as that. Thanks!
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:25 am
Hey, thanks for this great info - I was just about throwing my desktop out of the window because I couldn’t get more than one speaker to work… installed different drivers and so on… but now I activated all channels and… it works!
But sometimes things are so simple
THX a lot!
September 24th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Awesome!! Thanks!
October 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I had the very same problem, spent half a day finding solutions.. and it was this easy
Thanks
December 7th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Took me hours to find a solution for this on my Inspiron 1420. Thanks so much
February 20th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Just to say THANKS.
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