On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 01:31 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > Michael Sullivan schreef: > > On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 00:46 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > > > >> Michael Sullivan schreef: > >> > >>> On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:59 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> If alsamixer doesn't work then you may need to run amixer at > >>>> the command line to unmute your card. I'll let you slog through > >>>> the man page on that one. amixer commands can be placed in > >>>> /etc/conf.d/local.start if needed. For instance, possibly > >>>> > >>>> amixer -c 0 unmute > >>> > >>> > >>> camille ~ # amixer -c 0 unmute amixer: Unknown command > >>> 'unmute'... > >> > >> Now, really, Michael, this is a bit silly; the program obviously > >> works, and doesn't even fall over your card, so the card is > >> apparently working, but you're stumped by the lack of the 'unmute' > >> command (which is the very least of all the problems you could > >> encounter at this stage)? > >> > > > According to "man amixer": > > > > INVOKING amixer with no arguments will display the current mixer > > settings for the default soundcard and device. This is a good way to > > see a list of the sim- ple mixer controls you can use. > > > > Yet, when I issue: > > > > camille ~ # amixer amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument > > > > > > > > What argument(s) does it want? The man page doesn't even list an > > example of the syntax. > > > > amixer amixer? That actually *isn't* a valid command, the command meant > is simply > > amixer > > And yes, the man page does tell you the syntax: > > NAME > amixer - command-line mixer for ALSA soundcard driver > > SYNOPSIS > amixer [-c card] [cmd] > > That, there, under "SYNOPSIS" is the syntax > > --help also lists the syntax: > > amixer --help > Usage: amixer <options> command > > That would be the syntax, there under 'Usage'. > > Now if I just run 'amixer' with nothing after it, I get a whole lot of > info (partial): > > amixer > Simple mixer control 'Master',0 > Capabilities: pvolume > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 31 > Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] > Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] > Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [off] > Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 31 > Front Left: Playback 16 [52%] [on] Capture [off] > Front Right: Playback 16 [52%] [on] Capture [off] > Simple mixer control 'Synth',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 31 > Front Left: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Capture [on] > Front Right: Playback 26 [84%] [on] Capture [on] > > Try just 'amixer' or maybe 'amixer -c 0' and see if it tells you anything. > > Holly
camille ~ # amixer amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument camille ~ # amixer -c 0 amixer: Mixer hw:0 load error: Invalid argument -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
