Well, it sounds like you might just have a blown-out speaker, which would mean replacing the physical speaker on your laptop. Apart from that, running alsamixer from a terminal and checking your settings there is the only thing you can do on a software level. On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:11 PM, wrote: > Linux Mint 17 is excellent in most ways, but the sound volume on my new > Dell Inspiron laptop model 3542 is terrible - barely audible. Even with > headphones plugged in and all volume settings as maximum, the sound > volume is extremely poor. > > What can I do to improve the sound volume? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Todd Millecam