Hi Mark, Thanks much for reply... I pasted the i/o results of your requested commands in the shell... (well, approximations due to non html translation). When I did the 'alsamixer' command it comes up with my SIS "card' which is not the card of concern (mia, works fine on Win XP), I can control the volume of a CD playing through the SIS card by using the middle scroll button of my mouse (the master center volume). Perhaps there is another command to specify the alsa mia mixer (the graphic icons for the EchoMixer are found via the Applications--> Sound & Video menu, & do not load when clicked)? Hope this helps... but please feel free to request additional information or commands/etc. to try... Regards, Henry <snip> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :~$ ls -l /dev/snd/* crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2008-08-08 11:27 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2008-08-08 11:28 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2008-08-08 14:33 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 25 2008-08-08 11:27 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2008-08-08 11:27 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2008-08-08 11:27 /dev/snd/timer <snip> :~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: SI7012 [SiS SI7012], device 0: Intel ICH [SiS SI7012] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 <snip> :~$ alsamixer ┌──────────────────[AlsaMixer v1.0.15 (Press Escape to quit)]──────────────────┐ │ Card: SiS SI7012 │ │ Chip: Analog Devices AD1888 │ │ View: [Playback] Capture All │ │ Item: Master [dB gain=0.00, 0.00] │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ Shared │▒▒│ │ │ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ┌──┐ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ │ │ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │OO│ │MM│ │MM│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 100<>100 81 0<>0 100<>100 0<>0 100 │ │ < Master >Master M Master S Headphon PCM Surround Surround Center │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ <snip> :~$ alsa-utils bash: alsa-utils: command not found <snip> :~$ alsamixer -Vall -c1 wrong -c argument '1' <snip> -end- On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 03:57 +1000, Mark Constable wrote: > On Saturday 09 August 2008 01:58:52 Henry W. Peters wrote: > > The short of it is, I tried basically everything you suggested... plus > > de-installing the EchoMixer & associated products (controllers for other > > devices which I do not have, it comes bundled) by means of the > > Add/Remove menu item & then re-installing it (& other components) via > > the terminal/shell. > > One good thing about using a shell is that you can paste > some of the output you see into an email here and we can > get an idea of what you are seeing. With a gui you can only > describe what you are doing, perhaps augmented with screen > captures, and that is... tedious. > > > I basically cannot get the EchoMixer to open up (or any other of the > > "associated" controllers, either). This, I suppose, could be either > > symptom or cause (conflicts?), or even both? > > Paste the output of these commands... > > ls -l /dev/snd/* > aplay -l > > and try to start echomixer in a shell as your normal user ID > (not as root) and also paste the results here. Just remember > to be judicious about how much you paste in an email back to > the list or some folks will get irate. > > Perhaps try alsamixer (also in alsa-utils) in a shell and see > if that shows anything but I don't think it works with USB > based devices. With internal and onboard sound cards it's > quite common to have to unmute (m key in alsamixer) to get > any sound at all. Perhaps try this and see what happens... > > alsamixer -Vall -c1 > > Obviously if someone else on this list had the same card as > you they could offer more precise suggestions. > > --markc -------------------------------------------------------------------------This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challengeBuild the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizesGrand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the worldhttp://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/_______________________________________________Alsa-user mailing listAlsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
