I'm on Debian 12 bookworm with kernel version 6.1.0-18-amd64.
I've been having an issue since day 1 of getting this computer: none of the volume controls affect the speaker linearly. Setting volume to 0% mutes properly, but 5% and 100% are the same volume on the speaker. On top of that, the real volume sometimes jumps when I am trying to change it with the volume keys. Sometimes a certain percentage like 35% is very quiet while 30% is very loud, then when I go back up to 35% it's very loud again. It's driving me insane.
I've had pavucontrol and alsamixer open while playing with audio, and they both show that volume should be increasing linearly by 5%, but the speaker seems to have a mind of its own.
By the way, I've been using pulseaudio. I installed Pipewire today with the instructions from https://wiki.debian.org/PipeWire#Debian_12 and confirmed that it's installed but it didn't fix the issue.
I have never had this problem with my bluetooth headphones or headphones plugged in with the jack; the volumes there work as expected. I also have windows dual booted on this laptop and the issue does not occur with the speaker on there. I'm sure there's some kind of simple solution but I've been looking everywhere and I haven't been able to find it. I'd be happy to send more debug info if needed.
I've been having an issue since day 1 of getting this computer: none of the volume controls affect the speaker linearly. Setting volume to 0% mutes properly, but 5% and 100% are the same volume on the speaker. On top of that, the real volume sometimes jumps when I am trying to change it with the volume keys. Sometimes a certain percentage like 35% is very quiet while 30% is very loud, then when I go back up to 35% it's very loud again. It's driving me insane.
I've had pavucontrol and alsamixer open while playing with audio, and they both show that volume should be increasing linearly by 5%, but the speaker seems to have a mind of its own.
By the way, I've been using pulseaudio. I installed Pipewire today with the instructions from https://wiki.debian.org/PipeWire#Debian_12 and confirmed that it's installed but it didn't fix the issue.
I have never had this problem with my bluetooth headphones or headphones plugged in with the jack; the volumes there work as expected. I also have windows dual booted on this laptop and the issue does not occur with the speaker on there. I'm sure there's some kind of simple solution but I've been looking everywhere and I haven't been able to find it. I'd be happy to send more debug info if needed.
Statistics: Posted by deryilz — 2024-04-06 19:58 — Replies 4 — Views 55