# lspcidrake vv | grep snd snd_intel8x0 : Intel Corporation|82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (rev: 03) # lsmod | sort | grep snd ac97_bus 16384 1 snd_ac97_codec snd 69632 12 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm snd_ac97_codec 106496 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_intel8x0 36864 4 snd_pcm 102400 2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 24576 1 snd_pcm soundcore 16384 1 snd # aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Installed packages possibly affecting behavior: alsa-plugins-pulse-config-1.0.28-6.mga5 alsa-tools-1.0.28-1.mga5 alsa-utils-1.0.28-1.mga5 aumix-text-2.9.1-6.mga5 libalsa2-1.0.28-1.mga5 libalsa-data-1.0.28-1.mga5 libalsa-oss0-1.0.28-4.mga5 libalsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.28-6.mga5 libpulseaudio0-5.0-6.mga5 libpulsecommon5.0-5.0-6.mga5 libpulsecore5.0-5.0-6.mga5 libpulseglib20-5.0-6.mga5 pulseaudio-5.0-6.mga5 pulseaudio-client-config-5.0-6.mga5 pulseaudio-module-gconf-5.0-6.mga5 pulseaudio-module-x11-5.0-6.mga5 pulseaudio-utils-5.0-6.mga5 task-pulseaudio-2011.0-6.mga5 trinity-arts-1.5.10-14.0.2_1.mga5 trinity-kmix-14.0.2-1.mga5

Changing main kmix volume slider has no effect.

Changing mixer main volume has only two effects:

1-all the way down = no sound 2-any other position = distorted much too loud sound

Any suggestions?