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Subject: Re: Very very weak sound from the speaker
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On my thinkpad the sound controls are connected to acpi_ibm and the
volume level can be seen with 'sysctl -a |grep volume' and controlled
with 'sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.volume=SOME_VALUE' or the volume keys.
Perhaps you need to load the acpi modules for your laptop.