On Thursday 16 February 2006 02:17, Rickey Moore wrote: > --- oldman <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >I used to do 'alsactrl store' to save my settings, then 'alsactrl > > > > restore' > > > > >in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Now ,it seems, alsactrl is no longer a > > > > recognised > > > > >command. Anyone know what has replaced it? > > > > > >Anne > > > > Ensure package alsa-libs is installed then the command alsaclt > > (no > > r) should do it for you. > > Poking around in /etc and looking at the alsa config files, there are > all kinds of 'options' (for lack of a better word) front/back/ front > right / back left ...all kinds of arrangements of sound cards and > speaker setups. Just how do you get to configure this? Is there a gui > for that purpose? I have two sound cards that I wish to use in a > surround setup, do you have any information on this? Thanx, Ric > I took this sort of problem to the alsa list 2 years ago, so my comments here are from my experience (and the same procedure has just fixed my alsa problems on this box). Run alsamixer from a user console. Play around with the settings there - I can't tell you which ones, because it varies according to the soundcard. Mine is an Audigy 1. On mine, the crucial setting is 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack [Off] '. When you can play the sounds in /usr/share/sounds/ correctly, do alsactl store You also need a restore command in your startup file. BUT - there is a problem here. I found that if you run system-config-soundcard, running the test-sound switches the Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack back on. When I booted this morning the settings had been restored but I had no sound. Switching it back off has brought things back to a working state. HTH Anne
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