Re: cdrom

[ktb <ktb@binary.net>]

    Strid3r wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 07:01:26PM +0000, ktb wrote:
> > My CD's have always worked with my speakers
> > while in windows.  I assume the volume is
> > OK if I hear a "error" beep.  I have nerver
> > come across a reference as to how to
> > check the volume setting in Linux.  Where do I
> > access that?
> > Thanks,
> > Kent
>
> Get a mixer program (like aumix) to mess with your volume and stuff.
>
> If you hear sound from your CD in windows, I would assume you have
> an audiocable hooked up. Just try pumping up the volume...
>
> Rahsheen Porter
>
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Ok I found a mixer program called "Xmixer"  I looked and it is located
here:
$ locate xmixer
/usr/X11R6/bin/xmixer
/usr/X11R6/man/man1/xmixer.1x.gz

I looked at the HOWTO it said to look at
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XMixer
I did so and discovered all the lines of code had a "!" in front so I
took
them all
off.
When I run the command I get:

$ xmixer
xmixer: Can't open /dev/mixer: Permission denied

So I looked for /dev/mixer and found:

$ locate /dev/mixer
/dev/mixer
/dev/mixer1

When I try to look at /dev/mixer I get:

$ cat /dev/mixer
cat: /dev/mixer: Operation not supported by device


$ cat /dev/mixer1
cat: /dev/mixer1: Permission denied

Tried it as root got:

crossyourfingers:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults# cat /dev/mixer1
cat: /dev/mixer1: Operation not supported by device


This was in the HOWTO I think it is relevent but I don't understand it
at all:

.SH "RESOURCES"
.I XMixer
understands a large number of
.I X11
resources which are listed below. These system wide resources usually
sit in
a file called
.B /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XMixer.
Personal resources reside either in
.B ~/.Xdefaults
or
.B ~/.Xresources
depending on your installation. To put an
.I XMixer
resource into your personal resource file, prefix it with the word
.B xmixer.
After editing your personal file, be sure to run
.B xrdb ~/.Xresources
or
.B xrdb ~/.Xdefaults
to make them work. There is no need for a prefix or an invocation of
.I xrdb
if you change the system wide file.

Help. Thanks,
Kent