Re: control sound volume in linux

From: Andy Baxter (news2_at_earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:52:31 +0100

berthelot samuel wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a problem for a long time that I never figured out how to solve
> (not that I spent a lot of time looking for a solution either:)
> I have a sound blaster live platinium 5.1 and Linux Mandrake 9.0
> My problem is that I don't know how to control the sound volume under
> linux (I can only control it through my speakers control button). I
> found a few applications in linux that allow controling the volume but
> unfortunately changes don't have any effects on it...
> Can you help me ?
> thanx.
> Sam

do you know which sound driver system you're using - oss or alsa? I'm
guessing, but you might get this problem if you have alsa installed without
the oss compatibility module.

Try logging in as root and do 'lsmod'. This will show all the kernel modules
you have loaded - if there are loads beginning with 'snd-', then you're
using alsa; if there's one called 'sound' then you're using oss.

if you are using alsa, try one of the native alsa mixer programs - amixer or
alsamixer.

andy 

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