# lspcidrake vv | grep snd
snd_intel8x0    : Intel Corporation|82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (rev: 03)
# lsmod | sort | grep snd
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd                    69632  12 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm
snd_ac97_codec        106496  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_intel8x0           36864  4 
snd_pcm               102400  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer              24576  1 snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Installed packages possibly affecting behavior:
alsa-plugins-pulse-config-1.0.28-6.mga5
alsa-tools-1.0.28-1.mga5
alsa-utils-1.0.28-1.mga5
aumix-text-2.9.1-6.mga5
libalsa2-1.0.28-1.mga5
libalsa-data-1.0.28-1.mga5
libalsa-oss0-1.0.28-4.mga5
libalsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.28-6.mga5
libpulseaudio0-5.0-6.mga5
libpulsecommon5.0-5.0-6.mga5
libpulsecore5.0-5.0-6.mga5
libpulseglib20-5.0-6.mga5
pulseaudio-5.0-6.mga5
pulseaudio-client-config-5.0-6.mga5
pulseaudio-module-gconf-5.0-6.mga5
pulseaudio-module-x11-5.0-6.mga5
pulseaudio-utils-5.0-6.mga5
task-pulseaudio-2011.0-6.mga5
trinity-arts-1.5.10-14.0.2_1.mga5
trinity-kmix-14.0.2-1.mga5

Changing main kmix volume slider has no effect.

Changing mixer main volume has only two effects:

1-all the way down = no sound
2-any other position = distorted much too loud sound

Any suggestions?
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