From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc54.attbi.com ([216.148.227.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 172cYy-0001qr-00 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:41:20 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.33.141]) by rwcrmhc54.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020430184048.CEBZ2627.rwcrmhc54.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 18:40:48 +0000 Message-ID: <003f01c1f076$67b050e0$02213e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: Subject: Re: alsa settings: I'm really mad! Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:39:47 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Terry and all. This is why I'm not a big fam of alsamixer, although = amixer is good. If I hit m on a control, it just says M. It doesn't say = mute or unmute. In terms of the capture thing, I would set that using = amixer, then finetune things with alsamixer. I just mak sure not to = press other keys while tuning the settings so not to adjust things you = didn't want to.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Terry Cudney To: speakup Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:43 AM Subject: Re: alsa settings: I'm really mad! > Hi Cheryl, Chuck and everyone, >=20 > My experience is not exactly the same as Cheryl's, but similar... >=20 > Although running Debian, and doing the apt-get upgrade, etc I can't = attribute it to Debian (at least I don't think so). With alsa 0.9beta11 = and beta 12 I experienced difficulties with the alsamixer, such that = capture was set "on" on multiple channels without my being able to = detect that using speakup. I'm sure that a sighted person using = alsamixer would have noticed immediately that the capture was "on" on = more than one channel. It is possible that I inadvertently set the = capture-on, but I don't think so. I believe that there is a big bug in = alsamixer in beta 11 and 12. >=20 > Anyway, in Debian, when you shut down/restart your system the mixer = settings from the current session are saved in /etc/asound.state and = these settings are used to initialize the sound card on next startup. If = the settings re messed up and you restart the system for some reason, = the asound.state file retains the messed up settings for subsequent = sessions. >=20 > My solution: Once I had my alsa settings the way I wanted them, I did = an "alsactl store", then I went to /etc and copied the asound.state file = to asound-state.good. Now, if ever the settings get messed up again, = I'll just copy the asound-state.good back to asound.state, do an = "alsactl restore" and carry on. >=20 >=20 > HTH, >=20 > --terry >=20 > You wrote: >=20 > -=3D> Cheryl - > -=3D> > -=3D> Alsa is tough enough to tame without that happening too! I have > -=3D> never had any similar experience on this Slackware system. > -=3D> Chuck > -=3D> > -=3D> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > -=3D> > -=3D> > Ok, has anybody ever had this happen, especially anybody using = debian? > -=3D> > Al my setting were just fine and I didn't change them. but = just now I couldn't > -=3D> > get my sound to work, even with using alsactl restore. Have to = do everything > -=3D> > over again; all my settings are gone. > -=3D> > It has to be that something that upgraded in debian woody when = I did my "apt-get > -=3D> > update' and "apt-get upgrade" wiped my alsa or at least = alsactl stuff out. > -=3D> > this is ubelievable! > -=3D> > Amixer and alsamixer still work and alsa apparently still gets = loaded, but al my > -=3D> > settings have to be redone! > -=3D> > > -=3D> > > -=3D> > _______________________________________________ > -=3D> > Speakup mailing list > -=3D> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > -=3D> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -=3D> > > -=3D> > -=3D> -- > -=3D> Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > -=3D> The Moon is Waning Gibbous (86% of Full) > -=3D> > -=3D> > -=3D> _______________________________________________ > -=3D> Speakup mailing list > -=3D> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > -=3D> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -=3D> >=20 >=20 > Name: Terry D. Cudney > Phone: (905)735-6127 > E-mail: terry@CottageInWasaga.com -or- tcudney@sympatico.ca > WWW: www.CottageInWasaga.com >=20 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >=20 > Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... > having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup