Low Sound In Linux Peppermint

[Britec]

I think I will blow this Peppermint away and try another Linux OS, Thanks for your help.

[GuiltySpark]

The only other thing I can think of to try would be a speaker test, but as you're going to try a different distro I'll just pop these up in case.

Quote:amixer

For a card list

Quote:aplay -l

Or for a full list

Quote:apaly -L

Terminal controls list (sometimes the UI doesn't show the exact output)

Quote:amixer -c* scontrols

Where * is your card number i.e 0 or 1 etc.

Quote:amixer -c* scontents

Really for peole of a parsing language but it may help.

Finally the speaker test type

Quote:speaker-test

This plays endless white noise at different Octets
Or

Quote:speaker-test -c2 -t wav

This plays "Left Speaker" "Right Speaker" out of alternate speakers the '2' as in '-c2' is the number of channels argument, so if you have more then enter -c3 etc.

[Compton]

let me start by saying I am not a fan boy of anything

I am only a fan of fan breeze


but this is the problem with Linux most of the time generic Driver's are use

which means some hardware will work great some will not

more hardware manufacturer need to create driver's for Linux


but I can see why most manufacturer don,t want create driver's for Linux

because Linux have no standardization

[GuiltySpark]

Quote:but I can see why most manufacturer don,t want create driver's for Linux

because Linux have no standardization

How do you mean?

[Compton]

if one standard Linux distro is created

it would be more easier for manufacturers to create a driver for hardware

I am telling you this the day Linux have standardization manufacturers will come flying to linux

[GuiltySpark]

Quote:if one standard Linux distro is created

it would be more easier for manufacturers to create a driver for hardware

I am telling you this the day Linux have standardization manufacturers will come flying to linux

But that would defeat the purpose of Open Source and besides Linux already comes pre-installed with a plethora of drivers and they are improving all the time, just because one thing isn't working the way you want doesn't mean it can't. Remember linux has a user upload option where you can file a bug report, this includes driver compatibility but if people don't send these reports then nothing gets done for ages, the sooner a bug report is made the sooner the community can work on it and you know how quick they can sort these things out.

Just look at Robolinux for example (which I use), it's relatively unknown to most people and yet it offers a lot of options available:

   

   

   

And to say that it should be standardized is like asking all things to be standardized, Open Source is a choice not a necessity.
"To choose an OS based upon Vendors is to not have a choice at all".

[Compton]

yes you are right Linux come with plethora of drivers

but I feel most people who use Linux are guys like you and me computer technician IT guys

I once ask home users why don,t you guys use Linux

some say

printer not working

video not working

sound not working

some say windows XP is not support but everything just work
and will continue to use it

you are about report bugs but must people don,t even want to install updates much less reporting bugs

[GuiltySpark]

Funnily enough most peoples systems I've worked on have been Win 7 and they've been infuriated by the Win 10 upgrade insistence so I've got them involved in linux distros and they've never looked back. LOL

[Britec]

I was reading this and it don't look good for Linux users or computer techs.

Microsoft tightens Windows 10's Secure Boot screws: Where does that leave Linux?

[Compton]

what I think will happen is that manufacturers will give 2 options

to buy a pc with Secure Boot or without

me I would just build my own system

but most user don,t know how to a build system

so this could be a problem