Low sound volume on laptops

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Using my T430 on the road again.

I had very low volume with pulse now removed, there are lots of post about this I found one that works well for me with out reinventing the wheel.
I only use alsa.

By adding preamp to alsamixer just add the below to your etc/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
  }
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing this.

I for my part in Debian use only pipewire, which works great.
The bug I mentioned once here in the forum (can not find it now) is the reason that pavucontrol does not switch headset and internal speakers.

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Good tip @KoO

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I will install Steelhead on the T430 when I get home, pipewire with Steelhead works well on my home machine. Also nice to see something other then pulse main reason I use alsa only. :butterfly: