On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:24 +0100 Alexandre Ratchov <a...@caoua.org> wrote: > > > I'm not trying to undermine the work put into this; it has been greatly > > improved over the last 6 months or so, but all I really want to do is > > simply adjust the input and output volume (and a few other things); > > > > sysctl snd.outputN.volume=[0,255] > > sysctl snd.inputN.volume[0,255] > > Switching from ioctl to sysctl won't change the number of > knobs, neither it will simplify their names. > > Additionnaly in the longer term, mixer knobs should use > read(2) and write(2), so they can be polled, instead of a > ioctl(2)-like interface. So sepending time on this wouldn't > be very paying. >
OK, I got the feedback I wanted. Thanks all. I'll continue hating mixerctl(1) and hope something more sane show up in the future ;-) Cheers, Thomas.
