<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 5:14\u202fPM William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:</div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">KDE has separate left/right volumn control. I moved "right volumn" all <br>
the way to 150%, there was loud crack, and sound is now in stereo. I <br>
don't believe it. FYI.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Believe it ... <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">My experience with sound on Linux has been largely positive, and trouble free.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Until the past few months that is ... <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I got a new (to me) Lenovo laptop from 2019, and with headphones plugged in </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">(whether USB or 3.5mm) everything is fine. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">But the built in speakers have low volume even if I crank the volume to 100% <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">from the panel, and in the application (Youtube or Clementine).<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Separately, another N100 media PC defaults to the 3.5mm connected speakers, </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">although it is connected by HDMI to the TV. Trouble is, those external speakers </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">are for Home Assistant (which runs on the same PC). The annoying part is that <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">clicking on the speaker icon in the panel sometimes allows you to switch devices </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">and sometimes does not list both devices. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">It takes several tries of logging out and in for the devices to show, then</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">we can a) adjust the volume on the external 3.5mm speakers, and b) switch </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">to HDMI output so sound comes out of the TV ... <br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Very annoying ... <br></div><br></div></div>