Re: Not-so-newbie question: volume control

[Geoff Hacker <geoffreyhacker bigpond com>]

Joao Palhoto Matos wrote:

> With right mouse button on the panel choose
>
> Add to Panel
>   Multimedia
>       Volume Control
>  

OK, doing that, and cranking the volume up to max, the sound is still 
MUCH SOFTER than it was before. I distinctly remember having a panel 
with many different volume controls on it that would adjust the volume 
on many different components of the system, from the speakers to the CD 
player. Using that control panel, I had been able to increase the volume 
to quite a reasonable level, certainly much higher than the hush I now 
have. I have read the documentation on the GNOME Volume Control Applet 
V2.2. It says to access additional functionality for working with 
volume, right-click on the applet and choose 'run audio mixer', which 
sounds like the sort of thing I used to have. Yet when I right-click on 
the applet, there is no option to 'run audio mixer', just 'mute', 
'help', 'about...', 'remove from panel' and 'move'! Does anybody know 
what might have happened to make the audio mixer disappear from my 
volume control, and how I might go about getting it back?

Thanks,

Geoff