Michael Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In XMMS you can go into the preferences and tell it to control the >> "Master" volume and not the "pcm" the "master" volume controls the >> mixer that sends the signal to your speakers.. its aboutthe same >> thing as the windows little speaker in your > > Just tried that. It didn't work. > >> on the wmixer so you have lots of things to play with a and to >> tweak your sound. but basically what you need is a "Mixer" >> controller so if you look up on debian.org or do a search through >> dselect for "mix" you will find what you want. b.t.y. i have a >> sblive and it rocks > > Well, I'm wondering if anything is wrong with my module setup > since none of the volume controls seem to work. The really strange thing > is that if I use the equalizer in xmms, that works.
Do they work as root? Make sure you have the mixer device(s) in /dev. I don't have a Debian system handy with working sound, but my laptop (sans sound) has /dev/mixer and /dev/mixer1. If they work as root then it's just a permission problem. May be a long shot but it's worth a look. Gary
