On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 07:51:22PM -0400, William Case wrote:
> the following maybe helpful. Although a file called alsaconf still
> exists it is not used. Instead asound.conf and asound.state in /etc are
> used. asound.conf can only be set by using system-config-soundcard. Any
Hmm, I'm using Sarge based on a Slink-then-Woody install from years
back. I just switched to Alsa, and all works, tho I have the alsa-oss wrapper
package for a util or two that don't know alsa. It does crummify the
incomming sound quality for the closed source Skype binary ...
- "man alsactl" says that the settings are in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state ...
yep, there they are.
- my /etc/alsa directory has two short scripts: one seems to start or stop
/etc/init.d/alsa for each device, and the other runs after a module is
loaded, apparently taking exception to a "snd-emu8000-synth" device.
I suspect that in some install or upgrade you have a leftover conf
file that follows some older standard, and your current Alsa reads. Maybe if
you slow down your bootup console messages (with ScrollLock) you'll see some
comment.
SIDE NOTE: I hate most of the mixer apps for Alsa. I find "gamix" to be the
best for X. I'd still like explanations on "Bypass" buttons, what my "AD
Input Select" does, and why I have a "Master Playback" (stereo) and "Master
Mono Playback" (which doesn't work) for my ens1370 (Soundblaster 128). Maybe
I'll comb the Alsa site someday ...
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