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
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