hi i know about the mute issue. and it is not the problem. i run
amixer set 'Master Digital' 90% unmute and alsamixer, which both unmute. this is repated further back in this long thread martin On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:43:38AM +0200, Stephan Hachinger wrote: > Hi! > > Hmm, I think the problem is that your alsa channels are *muted* by > default and you need a suitable mixer application to change the > volume... there also seems to be a mixer setup problem at my machine > here *g*, but at least I can use the kde mixer, when oss mixer > emulation is loaded (module snd-mixer-oss). Maybe you could try > alsamixer from alsa-utils, I think it's even got a little "GUI". Note > that you'll also need the snd-pcm-oss module if you want to use > programs which need the old oss sound system. > > Regards, > > Stephan > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 12:25:00 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin A. Hansen) wrote: > > > ok, i guess i should not use xamixer2 then. (i never have before, > > but im desperate). anyway you are telling me that xamixer fails of > > natural causes, so back to the drawing table ... > > > > > > by the way. user is added to group audio: > > > > root@homer:/etc# grep audio group > > audio:x:29:maasha > > > > but again, as im trying to get sound to work as root - this should > > not be relevant (for the time being). > > > > martin > > > > > | xamixer2 uses the 0.4 ALSA API. If your alsa version is 0.9, > > > | that would explain why xamixer failed. > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
