Greetings! I use a command like this for amixer, if memory serves: amixer -c 0 sset Master 100% I think the "-c 0" is for the soundcard to use. There may be another dash before "sset" (set with an extra s). I think I added "playback" after Master when I last did this. I think I also need to capitalize the M in Master. hth Al On 06/03/2013 05:21 PM, Rob Hudson wrote: > I ran the talking arch cd but I got no speech. I ran alsamixer and hit m and up arrow a few times, tried > amixer set Master 100% > amixert set PCM 100% > amixer set Front 100% > I have a serial to usb adaptor so I even did > brltty -b al -d /dev/ttyUSB0 > nothing. > It does spin a lot and rumbles to itself, but nothing I did got any reaction. > What else can I try? > The vinux cd's all booted fine here, so it's something about that particular cd. This is 2012/11/something .iso of the arch cd. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >