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Here is another trick to increase the sound (soft volume) in Ubuntu Linux , this time system-wide. 1. Edit your /etc/asound.conf file. On your terminal type $ sudo gedit /etc/asound.conf 2. Paste the following into the asound.conf file: pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "softvol" } pcm.softvol { type softvol slave { pcm "dmix" } control { name "Pre-Amp" card 0 } min_dB -5.0 max_dB 20.0 resolution 6 } 3. Restart PulseAudio: $ pulseaudio -k >/dev/null 2>&1 To make sure pulseaudio is stopped: $ killall pulseaudio And then: $ pulseaudio -D $ pulseaudio ; Finally Restart u r system....... courtesy: http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/08/increase-maximum-sound-level-in-ubuntu.html

The following tutorial will enable a user to check if a computer system can boot from a USB device and ultimately help determine if the computer can boot a Linux version from USB. In most cases if the test is successful, you should have no problem running Linux portably. In addition to testing your PC for USB Linux boot capability, the " Memtest86 " system memory diagnostics program that is included, allows the user to scan their system memory for errors by simply booting memtest from a USB device or flash drive. Basic USB Boot Test Essentials: USB flash device USBTest.zip (includes Memtest, Syslinux and a custom batch file) Installing Memtest on USB to test for USB Boot compatibility: The following explains how to install Memtest on a USB device and further run Memtest from USB. Enabling us to test whether a system can boot from USB. Download the USBTest.zip and extract the contents of the zip to your flash drive. See Screenshot below: Navigate to your flash drive and ...