Re: No Sound - Puzzle

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

I thought debian had the pamixer command.  Archlinux has this one and I 
think it may be something you can download and build from GitHub - 
cdemoulins/pamixer: Pulseaudio command line mixer

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, 
Thomas George wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:43:03
> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
> Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:43:22 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> I would like to try this but there is no pamixer. apropos pulseaudio shows 
> many pa... commands but no pamixer. apt-cache search pamixer? returns a blank 
> line.
>
>
> On 11/15/2017 09:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >  please try all of this using pamixer, pulseaudio is controled by its own
> >  mixer software not by alsamixer.? Remember pulseaudio when installed
> >  manages alsa and not the other way around.
> >
> >  On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:
> >
> > >  Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:21:07
> > >  From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
> > >  To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > >  Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
> > >  Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
> > >  Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > >
> > >  From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
> > >
> > >  On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback of a
> > >  file.
> > >
> > >  Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong
> > >  active playback levels
> > >
> > >  Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes all
> > >  output channels.
> > >
> > >  Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to show
> > >  strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all output
> > >  channels muted!
> > >
> > >  The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
> > > >  ?I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it
> > > >  and
> > > >  ?PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during playback
> > > >  but
> > > >  ?no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
> > > >  ?sound, no problems.
> > > >
> > > >  ?I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I have
> > > >  ?seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
> > > >
> > > >  ?Does anyone have this working?
> > > >
> > > >  ?I am using Debian Stretch.

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