Re: Sound in Stretch

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 09/10/2018 04:22 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 09:19:09PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > There's no alsa-base in Stretch.
> >
> > Should there be some other way of producing sounds?
>
> If you're looking for alsamixer, it's in alsa-utils.  ALSA should just
> work out of the box for most users who skip the Desktop Environment
> during the installation (and therefore do not have to circumvent pulse).
>
> The only steps required for most people are to install alsa-utils,
> run alsamixer, unmute the master channels, and raise the volume of the
> master channels above zero.


You have to do that even with pulse up and running. Ric


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