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Thread: Asus Xonar D1 sound card extremely silent

  1. #1
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    Asus Xonar D1 sound card extremely silent

    Hello everyone,

    I recently installed Kali Linux on my Desktop PC (Dual Boot with Win 10). The problem I am facing now is my sound card which does work in Windows, but is extremely silent in Kali (roughly 60-80dB less than in Windows where I use the official driver from Asus). I have an Asus Xonar D1 sound card, which uses the kernel module snd_virtuoso under Linux. I hope that I'm not talking nonsense here by the way, I am relatively new to anything that goes deeper into the Linux system than GNOME. Nevertheless, the virtuoso module seems to be loaded correctly:
    Code:
    root@kali:~# lsmod
    Module                  Size  Used by
    fuse                   98304  3
    snd_hda_codec_hdmi     45056  1
    nfnetlink_queue        20480  0
    nfnetlink_log          20480  0
    nfnetlink              16384  2 nfnetlink_log,nfnetlink_queue
    bluetooth             544768  0
    rfkill                 24576  3 bluetooth
    joydev                 20480  0
    hid_generic            16384  0
    usbhid                 53248  0
    iTCO_wdt               16384  0
    intel_rapl             20480  0
    snd_hda_intel          36864  4
    hid                   118784  2 hid_generic,usbhid
    iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
    snd_usb_audio         180224  6
    x86_pkg_temp_thermal    16384  0
    snd_virtuoso           49152  4
    snd_hda_codec         131072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
    snd_oxygen_lib         45056  1 snd_virtuoso
    coretemp               16384  0
    snd_usbmidi_lib        28672  1 snd_usb_audio
    snd_hda_core           81920  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
    snd_mpu401_uart        16384  1 snd_oxygen_lib
    snd_hwdep              16384  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
    snd_rawmidi            32768  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_usbmidi_lib
    snd_seq_device         16384  1 snd_rawmidi
    kvm                   585728  0
    evdev                  24576  16
    i2c_i801               24576  0
    snd_pcm               110592  6 snd_oxygen_lib,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
    snd_timer              32768  1 snd_pcm
    pcspkr                 16384  0
    serio_raw              16384  0
    mei_me                 36864  0
    snd                    86016  41 snd_oxygen_lib,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_device,snd_virtuoso,snd_pcm
    lpc_ich                24576  0
    shpchp                 36864  0
    irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
    mei                   102400  1 mei_me
    sg                     32768  0
    soundcore              16384  1 snd
    mfd_core               16384  1 lpc_ich
    i2c_smbus              16384  1 i2c_i801
    battery                16384  0
    tpm_infineon           20480  0
    video                  40960  0
    tpm_tis                16384  0
    tpm_tis_core           20480  1 tpm_tis
    tpm                    45056  3 tpm_infineon,tpm_tis,tpm_tis_core
    button                 16384  0
    binfmt_misc            20480  1
    nvidia_drm             49152  2
    drm_kms_helper        155648  1 nvidia_drm
    drm                   360448  5 nvidia_drm,drm_kms_helper
    nvidia_modeset        790528  8 nvidia_drm
    nvidia              11915264  133 nvidia_modeset
    ip_tables              24576  0
    x_tables               36864  1 ip_tables
    autofs4                40960  2
    ext4                  585728  1
    crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
    jbd2                  106496  1 ext4
    crc32c_generic         16384  0
    fscrypto               28672  1 ext4
    ecb                    16384  0
    mbcache                16384  2 ext4
    sd_mod                 45056  3
    crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
    crc32_pclmul           16384  0
    crc32c_intel           24576  2
    ahci                   36864  2
    libahci                32768  1 ahci
    ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
    aesni_intel           167936  0
    aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
    lrw                    16384  1 aesni_intel
    gf128mul               16384  1 lrw
    glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
    ablk_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
    cryptd                 24576  3 ablk_helper,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
    libata                249856  2 ahci,libahci
    xhci_pci               16384  0
    ehci_pci               16384  0
    xhci_hcd              188416  1 xhci_pci
    ehci_hcd               81920  1 ehci_pci
    scsi_mod              225280  3 sd_mod,libata,sg
    atl1c                  49152  0
    usbcore               249856  7 usbhid,snd_usb_audio,ehci_hcd,xhci_pci,snd_usbmidi_lib,xhci_hcd,ehci_pci
    usb_common             16384  1 usbcore
    fan                    16384  0
    thermal                20480  0
    fjes                   28672  0
    So I don't think it's a driver issue. Here is a list of my PCI devices:
    Code:
    root@kali:~# lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
    00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
    00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c4)
    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] (rev a1)
    01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
    03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
    04:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)
    05:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]
    So my sound card seems to be recognized properly as well. Just in case you need to know, here is my uname -a:
    Code:
    root@kali:~# uname -a
    Linux kali 4.8.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.8.11-1kali1 (2016-12-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux
    I did choose the correct sound card in GNOME settings, so that cannot be the problem.
    When I set the volume fader all the way up to 150% in GNOME and turn my speaker's volume fader to maximum, I can barely hear the test sound in GNOME settings (for comparision, in Windows this would be so loud that my ears would hurt). So my question is if there is any possibility to change the master volume of my sound card so that its output power is roughly the same as in Windows. It did work fine with Ubuntu some years ago, so I think there will be a way to fix this issue. It could either be the Virtuoso module, Oxygen HD Audio module or PulseAudio service that takes the volume down like that, but I think it has something to do with Pulse. Any help is kindly appreciated.
    Thanks in advance,
    Sandtler

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    Have you tried systemctl --user enable pulseaudio && systemctl --user start pulseaudio

    and then extending the max volume from 100 to 150 in sound settings?

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