Hi there, thank you very much for that. This list is great, I've definitely learned a great deal by participating in it. Best regards to all! Ed Barnes ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net BTW Jim, I am indeed using Red Hat. On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov wrote: > Ed, it would depend on what distribution you are running. However in > Redhat I do this: > chkconfig alsasound --levels 2345 on > This makes sure that the alsasound script is executed if you enter any > of the run levels 2 through 5 upon start up. By the way the chkconfig > command is extremely useful for disabling unwanted services: > chkconfig gpm --levels 0123456 off > > And you will never have to worry about that irritating message from gpm > stating that it can't find /dev/mouse when you reboot again! > > Jim Wantz WB0TFK > On Mon, 15 Jul > 2002, Edward L. Barnes wrote: > > > Hi there, thanks for your help, I actually tried alsamixer but I > > couldn't make heads nor tails out of it so I ended up using amixer > > instead. > > Thanks to some pointers from Georgina via email and suggestions from the > > folks on the reflector last evening I've got things fixed up and I've > > also played a few mp3s and did a bit of stuff like that and am happy > > with my current settings, I did alsactl store to save them and alsasound > > is set to start automatically the next time I re-boot my machine, btw, > > I've had it up since early Saturday > > but I'm also wondering if there's anything I need to add anywhere such > > that the settings I currently have in place will be available when I > > re-boot or will the settings I currently have be available when I > > re-boot. > > Thanks Toby and all for your patience and assistance with my inquiries. > > Best to all. > > > > Ed Barnes ebarnes at enigma2.cjb.net > > > > On > > Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Edward L. Barnes wrote: > > > > > > > Hey folks. > > > > Firstly, for anyone who subscribes to both blinux-newbie and speakup, > > > > sorry for the cross-posting to both lists and any related inconvenience. > > > > Secondly, a big Thank you to Bill Acker for his assisting me to get the > > > > alsa drivers, libs, and utilities installed and with editing my > > > > /etc/modules.conf last night. > > > > After I finished speaking to Bill last night I began the task of unmuting > > > > the various features of my sound card as needed. > > > > I looked at man amixer and did a search or two via the internet to find > > > > out what the best settings would be to use for my particular card and to > > > > find the names of the relevant options so I could pass the correct command > > > > line sequences to amixer and I found a bit of stuff and fooled around > > > > some, however; I wasn't overly successful. I am curious if there are any > > > > sblive owners on either of these lists who would be so kind as to give me > > > > some pointers in regard to the settings they use and find most effective > > > > along with how to pass them to amixer and save them. As I said to Bill > > > > last night on the phone I am the sort of person who likes to read and > > > > understand why I am doing something and to a point the theory behind what > > > > I'm doing as well, so I find everything I've done with Alsa particularly > > > > challenging as the docs are confusing in my opinion and for that matter > > > > there isn't that muchy good documentation available anyway in my humble > > > > opinion. > > > > > > Hi. > > > Well, if you just type amixer, you may want to output to a file, it'll > > > tell you all controls available to your card, and for the sblive it's a > > > lot, then you can use amixer set <control> <value set> where value set can > > > be a number from 0 to the max allowed, or a number followed by the percent > > > sign, for setting volume, unmute is self-explanitory and record allows > > > capture of the particular input. > > > > > > For example, you might want a setting like: > > > amixer set Mic 100% mute record > > > > > > You don't want the mic unmuted as you will get feedback as you will here > > > the mike's input in your speakers. > > > > > > Your other alternative is to look at alsamixer. It's a bit confusing, but > > > is workable to a fashion with some patience. > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
