mp3 volume question

[James Bonnet]

dep wrote:

>speaking of which . . .
>
>i just set up sound on my wife's machine, which is running suse. it 
>has been a zillion years since i added sound to a linux machine. the 
>volume is *way* too low. i remember there being a commandline app 
>that sets the master default volume, but i cannot for the life of me 
>remember its name. anybody remember, off the top of their heads? i've 
>poked through my archives of posts both here and on the suse list, 
>and though i know there have been discussions of this, i can't find 
>'em.
>
>anybody?
>  
>

alsamixer