Re: [arch-general] alsamixer doesn't work.

2007-12-09 Thread Eric Belanger
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007, Jackson Robertson wrote: Hi list, I have had this problem for a little while now and haven't been able to find a solution. When I run alsamixer in console I'm getting this error... "ALSA lib control.c:874:(snd_ctl_open_conf) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libas

Re: [arch-general] alsamixer doesn't work.

2007-12-09 Thread Jackson Robertson
Ah, I see what was wrong. I at one point had installed and configured pulseaudio and alsa to use pulse, but have since uninstalled pulseaudio and still had alsa configured to use pulse. This led to the message and now can use my keyboard to adjust sound once again. Thanks for helping me see the lig

[arch-general] running two monitors

2007-12-09 Thread Stewart Taylor
Hi all I've been using Arch for a while now but one thing I can't get work the way I want is the two monitor setup. I don't use Xinerama but instead have two monitors set up with separate desktops, virtual desktops and icon sets. This suits the way I work much better than Xinerama. I only tur