Re the sound problem, I just recalled that aunix has some extra controls labelled Igain and Ogain as well as Pcm. One of these other two also affects the sound volume - used to use aumix years back. It's a simple app and running an old version may work if there isn't one in the repo or it will probably compile without too much trouble. Richard On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 09:28 -0600, Troy Dawson wrote: > john h outlan wrote: > > I use linux in a work environment, mainly for data security reasons. > > I've used Linux since around 1997 or so. > > > > Question: I need to have sound functioning for work. After a HD > > install, I get sound on SL6, but at a very low volume. No userspace > > adjustments will change it such as setting PCM all the way up, etc. > > Does anyone have a clue about this and what to do about it? I've > > noticed this behaviour on a couple of other distro's, but not all of > > them. I'm using Debian Squeeze right now and sound is > > fine, but I want to change it out for SL. > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Hi John, > Did you do a full desktop install or a minimal desktop install? > I noticed that when I did a minimal desktop install that alot of tools I > usually use are missing. This is on purpose of course, but I was still > surprised. > > I've only tried the sound on one machine thus far. I was in gnome, and > I was able to raise and lower the volume using the normal user graphical > tools. > What "userland tools" are you using? > > Troy