A few days ago I was telling you about increasing the soft volume in MPlayer to 300%. I know a lot of people are experiencing a very low sound level in Ubuntu, so here is another trick to increase the sound (soft volume) in Ubuntu Linux, this time system-wide.
1. Edit your /etc/asound.conf file.
Press ALT + F2 on your keyboard and type:
2. Paste the following into the asound.conf file:
3. Restart PulseAudio:
To make sure pulseaudio is stopped:
And then:
If that doesn't work, restart your system.
More info on soft volume.
1. Edit your /etc/asound.conf file.
Press ALT + F2 on your keyboard and type:
gksu gedit /etc/asound.conf2. Paste the following into the asound.conf file:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "softvol"
}
pcm.softvol {
type softvol
slave {
pcm "dmix"
}
control {
name "Pre-Amp"
card 0
}
min_dB -5.0
max_dB 20.0
resolution 6
}3. Restart PulseAudio:
pulseaudio -k >/dev/null 2>&1To make sure pulseaudio is stopped:
killall pulseaudioAnd then:
pulseaudio -D
pulseaudio ;If that doesn't work, restart your system.
More info on soft volume.
