The ALSA Pre-Amp workaround I mentioned prior isn't really that good. 1. It requires nuking pulseaudio altogether 2. the amplification really distorts the sound.
The only decent workaround is to install pavucontrol and control volumes for applications above 100% (increases dB gain) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001678 Title: [Vostro V131, Conexant CX20590, Speaker, Internal] volume slider problem To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1001678/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs