john brennan wrote: > Hello again, >In the alsamixer master and pcm are totally black and > I cannot change anything. This means that the volume levels are zero. Try running alsamixer again and check if there is a [M] on any of the master/pcm slider descriptors (at the top). If so, then you'll have to unmute them first by hitting 'M'. Once they are unmuted, you can use the 'Up' key to increase the volume levels you like. HTH -M