[kde-linux] I can't raise up the volume level

[Ernie Schroder]

On Saturday 28 July 2007, a tiny voice compelled Joaquim Bernà i Torres to 
write:
> En/na Anne Wilson ha escrit:
> > On Saturday 28 July 2007 17:32:40 Joaquim Bernà i Torres wrote:
> >> gpgkeys: key D1E03587F4037646 not found on keyserver
> >> I've installed Mandriva 2007.1 with KDE 3.5.6 and I can't get more than
> >> a 1/4 volume level I've got elsewhere with other distros & KDE releases.
> >>
> >> When I try to set higher the volume levels by Kmenu -> System ->
> >> Configuration -> Monitorize -> Sound
> >> A dialog ask to run esd in konsole but I don't know how. This is the
> >> output:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > In a user console, run alsamixer.  Move around and adjust with the arrow
> > keys.  'M' toggles mute.  You can usually see from this whether one
> > channel is low and affecting all the others.  If you can get the result
> > you want, quit alsamixer and run 'alsactl store'.  In theory it should by
> > default save the value that you had when you shut down.  By doing the
> > store command you have something it can restore to, if it doesn't have a
> > shutdown save.  HTH
> >
> > Anne
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Thanks again Anne!
>
> alsactl store is not recognized. Nevertheless sounds levels are ok again.

Try:
 sudo /usr/sbin/alsactl store 
I need root permission to store mixer settings.
>
> Best regards!
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Regards, Ernie