That's good to know. Maybe I don't need it, either; I was just following the examples in the amixer manual as well as I could. Al On 06/03/2013 06:36 PM, Rob Hudson wrote: > My box has only one card in it so you don't eed the -c parameter. But > maybe I'll plug in my soundblaster and see if that works. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Sten-Clanton" > <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at linux-speakup.org> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: no speech in talkingArch cd > > >> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >