Re: Audio control problem
On Sun June 17 2007 07:09, Barry Samuels wrote:
> I am running 32-bit Debian Testing with a 2.6.20.1 kernel. I am using
> Alsa modules from that kernel. I don't have any other Alsa packages
> installed except alsamixergui.
>
> I have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe mainboard which has a Realtek ALC882M
> chipset which works with the snd_hda_intel kernel module.
>
> This all works up to a point. Using KMix, xmixer or aumix I can control
> the speaker volume but not the microphone volume. There are two
> microphone controls on each of those mixers labelled 'Front Mic' and
> 'Mic' and neither of them do anything.
>
> If I use alsamixergui I see many more control sliders than on the
> mixers mentioned above. On alsamixergui, although it also has 'Front
> Mic' and 'Mic' controls, I find that the microphone volume is
> controlled by a slider called 'Capture' which seems to work well
> although it seems that the controls settings are not saved between
> boots. Is there any way of saving the mixer settings?
>
> Why the difference in the mixers controls? Why doesn't KMix have the
> extra sliders that alsamixergui has? I prefer having access to KMix
> from the KDE Panel so that I can adjust volumes on the fly.
I use alsamixer on the console to set the mixer settings and then use "alsactl
store" to save them. Not sure about the gui apps as I haven't used them in a
while but that may save your settings.
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