Hello, On 28 January 2016 at 10:28, Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ivan Yonov wrote: >> I'm using PulseAudio and also using MPD which uses exclusively my >> external USB DAC (ESI Dr. DAC Nano - hw:2,0) through ALSA. >> >> But I can not control the volume of the extrenal DAC with alsamixer. >> When trying to select the DAC it returns: >> "cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument". > > Does "amixer -c2 scontrols" or "amixer -c2 controls" work? $ amixer -c2 scontrols Returns this: amixer: Mixer hw:2 load error: Invalid argument $ amixer -c2 controls Returns this: numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch' numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch',index=1 numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume' numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume',index=1 numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Line Capture Switch' numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='Line Capture Volume' numid=5,iface=PCM,name='Capture Channel Map' numid=1,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map' numid=2,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map',device=1 numid=6,iface=PCM,name='Playback Channel Map',device=2 Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user