{
  "id": 1338842,
  "title": "Fixing Low USB-C Audio on Fedora Linux: My Battle with the Razer Leviathan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/fixing-low-usb-c-audio-on-fedora-linux-my-battle-with-the-razer",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-16T19:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/dannyslee1996/fixing-low-usb-c-audio-on-fedora-linux-my-battle-with-the-razer-leviathan-1bie"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Razer Leviathan USB-C speaker connected to a Fedora Linux machine experienced incredibly low audio volume even at maximum system volume. This was due to PipeWire, a session manager, compressing the hardware volume limits during boot. To resolve this, a bash script was created to automatically adjust the audio settings upon login. The script first waits for PipeWire to finish initializing, then determines the Leviathan's ALSA card ID and identifies the correct volume control. It sets the hardware baseline to 100% to restore full volume. A desktop autostart entry ensures the script runs every time the system boots, eliminating the need for manual intervention.",
  "summary": "TL;DR: If you have a Razer Leviathan connected via USB-C on Linux and the volume is incredibly quiet even at 100%, PipeWire is likely crushing your ALSA hardware baseline on boot. Just paste this script into your terminal to automatically fix it every time you log in: # 1. Create the necessary directories mkdir -p ~/.local/bin mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart # 2. Write the volume-fixing script cat…",
  "key_points": [
    "Fedora Linux user faced low audio volume on Razer Leviathan USB-C speaker",
    "PipeWire session manager compressed hardware volume limits during boot",
    "Bash script automatically adjusts audio settings upon login to restore full volume"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}