7th March 2017, 15:13
(This post was last modified: 13th March 2017, 2:58 by kdemeoz.
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This is probably a silly enquiry, but nevertheless if someone could advise me i'd be grateful.
As per https://forums.mauilinux.org/showthread....2#pid41972 i have recently removed the Nvidia GT610 gpu from my Tower, whilst chasing a long-term Plasmashell freeze problem. I am thus now running only on the integrated Intel gpu [specs below]. Prior to removing the Nvidia, though i was having various graphics issues, my audio volume was fine. I was therefore entirely taken by surprise to discover, once the Tower was rebuilt [new Maui (17.03 instead of 2.1) & removed Nvidia] that there's now a major audio problem.
There was initially no output from the same green socket on the rear panel of the Tower case that my speakers were plugged into prior to the card removal. Eventually i was able to get some sound out, by experimenting with the SysTray audio applet settings. However even with me using its "Volume Boost [150% Volume]" AND cranking up the input sources [eg, Clementine; browser multimedia volumes] also to their own maxima, the resultant audio volume is unbearably quiet. I have to be no more than a couple of metres from the speakers at best, but with many of my browser-based streams i have to be directly next to the speakers now... if there's any background noise it's even more hopeless. It did not used to be like this, when the Nvidia card was still installed.
So my question; is such muted volume simply normal for integrated soundcards, or not?
I ask because i have no prior knowledge or experience of this situation - what to me sounds like an unsustainable problem might only be par for the course when there's no separate card.
For several months my external speakers [nothing special, only a cheap
https://secure.logitech.com/en-au/produc...akers-z213] were beginning to malfunction [the sub-woofer would frequently produce static rather than bass, or cut out completely, although the two satellite speakers were fine]. That situation continued right up to the moment that my Tower had its recent nuclear meltdown per https://forums.mauilinux.org/showthread....0#pid41870 ... but the important point is that though the subby was dodgy there was still excellent audio volume from the 2 little speakers. Whilst it's possible that the speakers got much worse / failed, somehow, whilst they were not in use during my recent Tower troubleshoot & rebuild process, that timing seems a bit coincidental.
So in summary i now have a low-volume sound problem, whose cause must be either the speakers themselves, or the integrated Intel soundcard simply is working at its limits which are markedly less than the Nvidia card. I do not have a spare set of speakers i can try. I suppose i could reinstall the Nvidia gpu again; if the loud audio then returned i would have my answer... BUT the whole point of removing the Nvidia was to test if it was the cause of all my Maui freezes, per my other thread.
Comparative specs, first NOW, & then BEFORE:
As per https://forums.mauilinux.org/showthread....2#pid41972 i have recently removed the Nvidia GT610 gpu from my Tower, whilst chasing a long-term Plasmashell freeze problem. I am thus now running only on the integrated Intel gpu [specs below]. Prior to removing the Nvidia, though i was having various graphics issues, my audio volume was fine. I was therefore entirely taken by surprise to discover, once the Tower was rebuilt [new Maui (17.03 instead of 2.1) & removed Nvidia] that there's now a major audio problem.
There was initially no output from the same green socket on the rear panel of the Tower case that my speakers were plugged into prior to the card removal. Eventually i was able to get some sound out, by experimenting with the SysTray audio applet settings. However even with me using its "Volume Boost [150% Volume]" AND cranking up the input sources [eg, Clementine; browser multimedia volumes] also to their own maxima, the resultant audio volume is unbearably quiet. I have to be no more than a couple of metres from the speakers at best, but with many of my browser-based streams i have to be directly next to the speakers now... if there's any background noise it's even more hopeless. It did not used to be like this, when the Nvidia card was still installed.
So my question; is such muted volume simply normal for integrated soundcards, or not?
I ask because i have no prior knowledge or experience of this situation - what to me sounds like an unsustainable problem might only be par for the course when there's no separate card.
For several months my external speakers [nothing special, only a cheap
https://secure.logitech.com/en-au/produc...akers-z213] were beginning to malfunction [the sub-woofer would frequently produce static rather than bass, or cut out completely, although the two satellite speakers were fine]. That situation continued right up to the moment that my Tower had its recent nuclear meltdown per https://forums.mauilinux.org/showthread....0#pid41870 ... but the important point is that though the subby was dodgy there was still excellent audio volume from the 2 little speakers. Whilst it's possible that the speakers got much worse / failed, somehow, whilst they were not in use during my recent Tower troubleshoot & rebuild process, that timing seems a bit coincidental.
So in summary i now have a low-volume sound problem, whose cause must be either the speakers themselves, or the integrated Intel soundcard simply is working at its limits which are markedly less than the Nvidia card. I do not have a spare set of speakers i can try. I suppose i could reinstall the Nvidia gpu again; if the loud audio then returned i would have my answer... BUT the whole point of removing the Nvidia was to test if it was the cause of all my Maui freezes, per my other thread.
Comparative specs, first NOW, & then BEFORE:
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Graphics: Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6
Audio: Card-1 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2 Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.8.0-39-genericCode:
Graphics: Card-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 610/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 367.57 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Card-2 Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-3 NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-45-generic