Created attachment 332938 [details]
alsa info

No idea. If you use 'alsamixer -c0' which bar controls your volume (Master or Front or PCM)?

when I run this command the first channel (selected) is 'Master'
anyway I tried to lower also PCM and Front, with the same results


I have to say that there was a period in which the volume slider worked correctly.
I mean. starting with f11 alpha the slider had this problem, then some update fixed it, the some other update represented the problem :(

alsa-lib-1.0.19-3.fc11.i586

I will try to install the -2 to see if this is fixed back

I can't find it :(

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

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I can confirm this same behavior.
The only useful part is the top 50% of the mixer.
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 024f

Ok. Got sound to work again. I had to install.
alsa-driver-1.0.20

wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
tar jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
cd alsa-driver-1.0.20
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
make -j 2
make install

worked like a charm.

I'm experiencing the same problem. At around <=50% on the volume slider in the notification area it's practically silent (can just hear a small whisper form speakers).

Relevant 'lspci -vv' output:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 20f2
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
	Region 0: Memory at fc620000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

Will attempt the workaround in Comment #8.

Instructions in Comment #8 didn't work for me, it compiled but to 'make install' I had to use sudo, it then appeared to install properly.

Unfortunately the work around did not work for me. Still have the issue with volume. I had the latest alsa-libs in the first place.

Instructions in Comment #8 didn't work for me either...

I have the same issue:

This is the default, and it at least produces sound:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Dell Device 029f
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
        Region 0: Memory at fc500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

This one produces no sound at all:
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 Audio device [Radeon HD 34xx Series]
        Subsystem: Dell Device 029f
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
        Region 0: Memory at fc010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

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I am still seeing this in Fedora 12. Although it has changed from being unhearable at around <= 50% volume, to more like <= 30% -- which is better but still not the expected behaviour. Please could somebody change this to version Fedora 12.

Many thanks.

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I'm able to see this bug in the latest fedora 13

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I‘m still having this issue with Fedora 19.

With headphones or the speakers, it is impossible to listen to any sound below 15% in the volume control (mplayer shows that).

Actually, this is a regression, because I was able to use vlc at 2% volume with Fedora 16. But this doesn’t seem to be available anymore.

Sorry, but with earphones, this is too loud for me.

Would you be so kind to reopen the bug?

Many thanks for your help,


Pablo