Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-06 Thread Fast Turtle
On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:51:37 -0700 Chris Stankevitz wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, James wrote: > > Good luck, Good Hunting! > > > James, > > Thank you for your tips. I tried to reproduce the problem on the same > hardware using a different OS (xubuntu 12.04). The problem did not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 Jun 2013 00:46:52 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 04/06/13 01:47, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Are you using a self-configured kernel? What sound chip is in your > >> laptop? What driver are you using? If it's an Intel cod

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Dale
Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Nikos, Thank you for your help. 1. I am using a self-configured kernel > (I have been doing this since I installed Gentoo two years ago) 2. My > sound card is an Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family > High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 3. I am using

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/06/13 01:47, Chris Stankevitz wrote: On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Are you using a self-configured kernel? What sound chip is in your laptop? What driver are you using? If it's an Intel codec, have you tried enabling all different variants of that codec in the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Are you using a self-configured kernel? What sound chip is in your laptop? > What driver are you using? If it's an Intel codec, have you tried enabling > all different variants of that codec in the kernel? Nikos, Thank you for your hel

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/06/13 07:34, Chris Stankevitz wrote: Hello, My sound started sounding like crap ~6 months ago. Imagine someone has control of my volume knob and is quickly (~5Hz) turning the volume knob up and down. That is a rough idea of what it sounds like. Are you using a self-configured kernel?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 03.06.2013 22:51, schrieb Chris Stankevitz: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, James wrote: >> Good luck, Good Hunting! > > James, > > Thank you for your tips. I tried to reproduce the problem on the same > hardware using a different OS (xubuntu 12.04). The problem did not > occur on the diff

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, James wrote: > Good luck, Good Hunting! James, Thank you for your tips. I tried to reproduce the problem on the same hardware using a different OS (xubuntu 12.04). The problem did not occur on the different OS. Therefore I rule out hardware problems. Do you h

[gentoo-user] Re: Poor sound quality

2013-06-03 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > My sound started sounding like crap ~6 months ago. > Eliminate hardware failure as a cause by trying it from a live CD. Agreed. Try first to use other components. Also, if your wiring is a mess, try to separate wires that carry power, from those tha