On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 8:09 PM Alan Grimes <alonz...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > Excuse top post. Responding from phone. > > > > 1) what desktop environment? > > None, I fire up pulseaudio in my xinit script. I'm trying to configure > it with alsamixer as I always have... > > > 2) what shows up under /proc/around/cards? > > Interesting, didn't know about this: > > atg@tortoise /proc/asound $ cat cards > 0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia > HDA NVidia at 0xe1080000 irq 109 > 2 [Audio ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio > Generic USB Audio at usb-0000:47:00.1-5, high speed > atg@tortoise /proc/asound $ > > > > > 3) what are the speakers plugged into? > > Just a basic headphones -> RCA adaptor cable from the main output from > the motherboard, it's a surround sound type motherboard even though > those are pointless, you get surround sound out of a computer by > decoding the HDMI output ( see 0 above, ) I do that in the other room... > Anyway, it's a surround sound mobo and I don't have much say in that... > > Ok, honestly It's a MSI creator TRX 40 board.... >
If you're running pulseaudio then try pavucontrol instead of alsamixer to control the PA server. You might need to emerge it. I'm not suggesting alsamixer cannot work, but you might not need it. Mark
