Lenovo Volume Improvements

I have a Lenovo Ideapad running only Lubuntu 24.04 LTS.
At the link below it mention one of the known issues for a Lenovo Thinkpad being “Audio volume is very low”.
This might also be true for my Ideapad.
To have an “awesome” listening experience for a family cook-out on the grill, what all might I try?

So you own an arm64 Qualcomm snapdragon driven laptop and are using the experimental arm64 image on it ?

Given the current state of this processor architecture limitations like this are expected since support for that specific ARM CPU type is very very new (unlike Intel x86) …

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I have no clue what is meant by that.

I don’t know what is meant by “snapdragon driven” and “experimental arm64”.

I understand everything else in that message.

How to get it to a “satisfactory working” state?

Or is that even what I need to do?

I believe the workers at Walmart just took parts and put ‘em together and “accidently” had a working laptop. They had it priced very well too so I know for certain it was done by experienced personnel.

Traditional hardware architectures are X86 and X86_64, CPUs made by Intel or AMD.

Yours is ARM, apparently. Many manufacturers, Qualcomm being one of the mainstream chips. Typically found on phones and tablets, ARM has now gaining traction in laptops and desktops as well. New Apple computers are ARM based with their own chips.

Support for ARM is still experimental.

That almost seems like there is no “stable” or “release” yet.

Here.s my exact hardware…

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```
wyatt@wyatt-82xb:~$    sudo lshw
[sudo] password for wyatt:           
wyatt-82xb                  
    description: Notebook
    product: 82XB (LENOVO_MT_82XB_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAN8)
    vendor: LENOVO
    version: IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAN8
i
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-N305
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.190.0
          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
          slot: U3E1
          size: 798MHz
          capacity: 3800MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 24
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB

```
```
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is X86_64

Please ignore the previous discussion.

My “Intel(R) Core™ i3-N305” is “X86_64”. Thank you @celticwarrior

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```

$ sudo lshw


```
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```
wyatt-82xb
    description: Notebook
    product: 82XB (LENOVO_MT_82XB_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAN8)
    vendor: LENOVO
    version: IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAN8
    serial: PF5S5TYZ
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-3.4.0 dmi-3.4.0 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook family=IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAN8 frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_82XB_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAN8 uuid=f87486a9-69fd-4c9b-97c3-183d2d869101
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: LNVNB161216
       vendor: LENOVO
       physical id: 0
       version: SDK0T76465 WIN
       serial: PF5S5TYZ
       slot: Type2 - Board Chassis Location
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: LENOVO
          physical id: 0
          version: KUCN42WW
          date: 07/14/2025
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 16MiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-N305
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.190.0
          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
          slot: U3E1
          size: 3570MHz
          capacity: 3800MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l2 cdp_l2 ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb intel_pt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves split_lock_detect user_shstk avx_vnni dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_pkg_req vnmi umip pku ospke waitpkg gfni vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid movdiri movdir64b fsrm md_clear serialize arch_lbr ibt flush_l1d arch_capabilities cpufreq
          configuration: cores=8 enabledcores=8 microcode=29 threads=8
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 6
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 512KiB
             capacity: 512KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back instruction
             configuration: level=1
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 7
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 4MiB
             capacity: 4MiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
             configuration: level=2
        *-cache:2
             description: L3 cache
             physical id: 8
             slot: L3 Cache
             size: 6MiB
             capacity: 6MiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
             configuration: level=3
     *-cache
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 5
          slot: L1 Cache
          size: 256KiB
          capacity: 256KiB
          capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
          configuration: level=1
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 24
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: Row of chips LPDDR4 Synchronous 8400 MHz (0.1 ns)
             product: H58G56CK8BX146
             vendor: SK Hynix
             physical id: 0
             serial: 00000000
             slot: Controller0-ChannelA
             size: 2GiB
             width: 16 bits
             clock: 4105MHz (0.2ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: Row of chips LPDDR4 Synchronous 8400 MHz (0.1 ns)
             product: H58G56CK8BX146
             vendor: SK Hynix
             physical id: 1
             serial: 00000000
             slot: Controller0-ChannelB
             size: 2GiB
             width: 16 bits
             clock: 4105MHz (0.2ns)
        *-bank:2
             description: Row of chips LPDDR4 Synchronous 8400 MHz (0.1 ns)
             product: H58G56CK8BX146
             vendor: SK Hynix
             physical id: 2
             serial: 00000000
             slot: Controller0-ChannelC
             size: 2GiB
             width: 16 bits
             clock: 4105MHz (0.2ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: Row of chips LPDDR4 Synchronous 8400 MHz (0.1 ns)
             product: H58G56CK8BX146
             vendor: SK Hynix
             physical id: 3
             serial: 00000000
             slot: Controller0-ChannelD
             size: 2GiB
             width: 16 bits
             clock: 4105MHz (0.2ns)
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Intel Corporation
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=igen6_edac
          resources: irq:0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Alder Lake-N [UHD Graphics]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             logical name: /dev/fb0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
             configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:153 memory:6000000000-6000ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:4000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff
        *-generic:0
             description: Signal processing controller
             product: Alder Lake Innovation Platform Framework Processor Participant
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=proc_thermal_pci latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:16 memory:6001100000-600111ffff
        *-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: System peripheral
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 8
             bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff memory:600114d000-600114dfff
        *-generic:2
             description: Signal processing controller
             product: Platform Monitoring Technology
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
             version: 01
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pciexpress pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=intel_vsec latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:0 memory:6001130000-6001137fff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:125 memory:6001120000-600112ffff
           *-usbhost:0
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 6.14
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=1 speed=480Mbit/s
           *-usbhost:1
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 6.14
                capabilities: usb-3.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=1 speed=10000Mbit/s
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: Alder Lake-N PCH USB 3.2 xHCI Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:133 memory:50700000-5070ffff
           *-usbhost:0
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: usb@3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 6.14
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=12 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb:0
                   description: Mouse
                   product: USB Receiver
                   vendor: Logitech
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: usb@3:2
                   version: 22.01
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s
                 *-input
                      product: Logitech M185/M225
                      physical id: 0
                      logical name: input18
                      logical name: /dev/input/event5
                      logical name: /dev/input/mouse2
                      capabilities: usb
              *-usb:1
                   description: Video
                   product: Integrated Camera
                   vendor: Azurewave
                   physical id: 6
                   bus info: usb@3:6
                   version: 22.08
                   capabilities: usb-2.01
                   configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb:2
                   description: Bluetooth wireless interface
                   product: Bluetooth Radio
                   vendor: Realtek
                   physical id: 8
                   bus info: usb@3:8
                   version: 0.00
                   serial: 00e04c000001
                   capabilities: bluetooth usb-1.00
                   configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=500mA speed=12Mbit/s
           *-usbhost:1
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@4
                logical name: usb4
                version: 6.14
                capabilities: usb-3.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=10000Mbit/s
        *-memory UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: Alder Lake-N PCH Shared SRAM
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff memory:6001144000-6001147fff memory:600114c000-600114cfff
        *-serial:0
             description: Serial bus controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 15
             bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
             resources: irq:27 memory:4017000000-4017000fff
        *-serial:1
             description: Serial bus controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 15.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:15.1
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0
             resources: irq:40 memory:4017001000-4017001fff
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: Alder Lake-N PCH HECI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:152 memory:6001149000-6001149fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:122 memory:50600000-506fffff
           *-generic
                description: MMC Host
                product: RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                logical name: mmc0
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=rtsx_pci latency=0
                resources: irq:141 memory:50600000-50600fff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.6
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:123 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:50500000-505fffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: wlp2s0
                version: 00
                serial: 24:b2:b9:9e:06:1f
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw89_8852be driverversion=6.14.0-37-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.4.25 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:155 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:50500000-505fffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:124 memory:50400000-504fffff
           *-nvme
                description: NVMe device
                product: SAMSUNG MZAL8256HDJD-00BL2
                vendor: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: /dev/nvme0
                version: 8L1QKXD7
                serial: S77NNFRY407404
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: nvme pm msi pciexpress msix nvm_express bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=nvme latency=0 nqn=nqn.1994-11.com.samsung:nvme:PM9C1a:M.2:S77NNFRY407404 state=live
                resources: irq:16 memory:50400000-50403fff
              *-namespace:0
                   description: NVMe disk
                   physical id: 0
                   logical name: hwmon3
              *-namespace:1
                   description: NVMe disk
                   physical id: 2
                   logical name: /dev/ng0n1
              *-namespace:2
                   description: NVMe disk
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: nvme@0:1
                   logical name: /dev/nvme0n1
                   size: 238GiB (256GB)
                   capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
                   configuration: guid=1ca70214-a49b-4fa4-a2c3-019ce52b619e logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 wwid=eui.002538a450bb1cec
                 *-volume:0
                      description: Windows FAT volume
                      vendor: mkfs.fat
                      physical id: 1
                      bus info: nvme@0:1,1
                      logical name: /dev/nvme0n1p1
                      logical name: /boot/efi
                      version: FAT32
                      serial: e1c0-5ac0
                      size: 297MiB
                      capacity: 299MiB
                      capabilities: boot fat initialized
                      configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
                 *-volume:1
                      description: EXT4 volume
                      vendor: Linux
                      physical id: 2
                      bus info: nvme@0:1,2
                      logical name: /dev/nvme0n1p2
                      logical name: /
                      version: 1.0
                      serial: a7b18f05-5b8f-481f-82d9-dc8c65efb944
                      size: 238GiB
                      capacity: 238GiB
                      capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                      configuration: created=2026-01-09 17:15:57 filesystem=ext4 label=lubuntu_2404 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2026-01-18 14:55:52 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime mounted=2026-01-17 19:53:24 name=lubuntu_2404 state=mounted
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Alder Lake-N PCH eSPI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
           *-pnp00:00
                product: PnP device PNP0c02
                physical id: 0
                capabilities: pnp
                configuration: driver=system
           *-pnp00:01
                product: PnP device PNP0303
                physical id: 1
                capabilities: pnp
                configuration: driver=i8042 kbd
           *-pnp00:02
                product: PnP device PNP0c02
                physical id: 2
                capabilities: pnp
                configuration: driver=system
           *-pnp00:03
                product: PnP device PNP0c02
                physical id: 3
                capabilities: pnp
                configuration: driver=system
           *-pnp00:04
                product: PnP device PNP0c02
                physical id: 4
                capabilities: pnp
                configuration: driver=system
           *-input
                product: Ideapad extra buttons
                physical id: 5
                logical name: input19
                logical name: /dev/input/event6
                capabilities: platform
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: Alder Lake-N PCH High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             logical name: card0
             logical name: /dev/snd/controlC0
             logical name: /dev/snd/hwC0D0
             logical name: /dev/snd/hwC0D2
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D31p
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D3p
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D4p
             logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D5p
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl latency=32
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff irq:154 memory:6001140000-6001143fff memory:6001000000-60010fffff
        *-serial:2
             description: SMBus
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
             version: 00
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
             resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:16 memory:6001148000-60011480ff ioport:efa0(size=32)
        *-serial:3
             description: Serial bus controller
             product: Intel Corporation
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: driver=intel-spi latency=0
             resources: irq:0 memory:50710000-50710fff
  *-battery
       description: Zinc Air Battery
       product: CRB Battery 0
       vendor: -Virtual Battery 0-
       physical id: 1
       version: 08/08/2010
       serial: Battery 0
       slot: Fake
  *-power UNCLAIMED
       description: OEM Define 1
       product: OEM Define 5
       vendor: OEM Define 2
       physical id: 2
       version: OEM Define 6
       serial: OEM Define 3
       capacity: 75mWh
  *-input:0
       product: Lid Switch
       physical id: 3
       logical name: input0
       logical name: /dev/input/event0
       capabilities: platform
  *-input:1
       product: Power Button
       physical id: 4
       logical name: input1
       logical name: /dev/input/event1
       capabilities: platform
  *-input:2
       product: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
       physical id: 5
       logical name: input2
       logical name: /dev/input/event2
       logical name: input2::capslock
       logical name: input2::numlock
       logical name: input2::scrolllock
       capabilities: i8042
  *-input:3
       product: Video Bus
       physical id: 6
       logical name: input20
       logical name: /dev/input/event7
       capabilities: platform
  *-input:4
       product: sof-hda-dsp Mic
       physical id: 7
       logical name: input21
       logical name: /dev/input/event8
  *-input:5
       product: sof-hda-dsp Headphone
       physical id: 8
       logical name: input22
       logical name: /dev/input/event9
  *-input:6
       product: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=3
       physical id: 9
       logical name: input23
       logical name: /dev/input/event10
  *-input:7
       product: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=4
       physical id: a
       logical name: input24
       logical name: /dev/input/event11
  *-input:8
       product: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=5
       physical id: b
       logical name: input25
       logical name: /dev/input/event12
  *-input:9
       product: SYNA2BA6:00 06CB:CE2D Mouse
       physical id: c
       logical name: input6
       logical name: /dev/input/event3
       logical name: /dev/input/mouse0
       capabilities: i2c
  *-input:10
       product: SYNA2BA6:00 06CB:CE2D Touchpad
       physical id: d
       logical name: input7
       logical name: /dev/input/event4
       logical name: /dev/input/mouse1
       capabilities: i2c
```
```
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Two things you might try to get higher volume out of your Laptop which don’t involve diving deep into the sound software:

  • use a Bluetooth speaker (if you can live with some delay and a the loss of fidelity and stereo isn’t important)
  • use a pair of external powered speakers or connect the headphone output of your laptop to an amplifier (line in / auxiliary input) and some speakers. If your laptop has a line out connector use that instead of the headphone jack but I don’t think I’ve ever seen that on a laptop. You should set the volume on the laptop quite low and do any further volume regulation on the amplifier / the active speakers because having two amplifiers behind one another will introduce additional noise.

The speakers in laptops are usually not great and really not meant to accurately reproduce sound at high volume.

Audacity uses Alsa.

I believe Lubuntu has the user prefer between PulseAudio and alsa.

Default is PulseAudio.

I’m wanting to be ready for when the temperature’s get to “awesome” spring range for such a “fun” thing.

Is it possible to “increase” the volume in both alsa and audacity to improve the sound quality?

Both ALSA and PulseAudio permit output volume over 100%…if the hardware does.

In Gnome, the exposed option using the feature is “Overamplification”, and it’s in the Sound control panel.

As others have said, you may get distortion as you approach the physical limit of the hardware.

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Lubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

I may need Alsa solution. This PulseAudio solution may not be the solution I seek.

@ian-weisser Thank you for that very helpful post.

In PulseAudio Volume Control

  • Under “Output Devices”

  • Locate “???-???-??? Speaker + Headphones”

  • Make certain that next to “Port:” it says “Headphones (plugged in)”

  • On the blue line where it says “40%” at the far-right end, Increase that to a comfortable volume you can be “happy” with.

What I meant to point out was that the post you initially linked has nothing to do with your problem since it talks about experimental images for very specific hardware that is lacking proper drivers yet and is still in active bring up status…

The things discussed in that post are not actually applying at all to any other type of device like your Intel based machine…

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