Hi there, I have a problem with the amixer tool.
For a given mixer, I was used to being able to set both channels seperately in their Volume and mute, unmute, toggle them seperately, too. On my Laptop I was able to do something like this: ---------- snip ---------- tody:~ # amixer set Master 10,20 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [on] Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] [on] ---------- snap ---------- or like this: ---------- snip ---------- tody:~ # amixer set Master unmute,toggle Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [on] Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] [off] tody:~ # amixer set Master toggle,toggle Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [off] Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] [on] ---------- snap ---------- On my new PC, however, the above commands make amixer complaining. Using one parameter only for the volume works well: ---------- snip ---------- linux:~ # amixer set Front 3 Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 3 [10%] [on] Front Right: Playback 3 [10%] [on] ---------- snap ---------- Using the mute command as a single parameter works well, too. Using the toggle command, however, produces the following message: ---------- snip ---------- linux:~ # amixer set Front toggle amixer: Unknown capture setup 'toggle'.. ---------- snap ---------- An "amixer get Front" tells me now, that the toggle was performed, but only for the left channel: ---------- snip ---------- linux:~ # amixer get Front Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 3 [10%] [off] Front Right: Playback 3 [10%] [on] ---------- snap ---------- Trying to set the volumes for both channels seperately works, but I'm also getting an error message: ---------- snip ---------- linux:~ # amixer set Front 10,15 amixer: Unknown capture setup ''.. linux:~ # amixer get Front toggle Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [off] Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [on] ---------- snap ---------- However, using "toggle" twice as a parameter also only toggles the left Volume. The only thing that is different, is the error message: ---------- snip ---------- linux:~ # amixer set Front toggle,toggle amixer: Unknown capture setup 'toggle,toggle'.. linux:~ # amixer get Front Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [on] Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [on] ---------- snap ---------- However, muting the left channel while still toggeling the right, works (- besides an error message): ---------- snip ---------- linux:~ # amixer set Front unmute,toggle amixer: Unknown capture setup 'toggle'.. linux:~ # amixer get Front Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [on] Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [off] ---------- snap ---------- What am I doing wrong?! (Apart from writing such long emails...) Isn't it possible to toggle both channels at one time?! And why do I always have this "Mono:" channel listed although it is not part of the "Playback channels:" ?! Thanks for any help... P.S.: On my Laptop, I'm using a SuSE 9.3 with 2.6.11.4-20a-default kernel and the following rpms: - alsa-1.0.9-9.1: - alsa-firmware-1.0.8-5: - alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-544 - alsaplayer-0.99.76-72.1: - alsa-tools-1.0.8-4: - alsamodular-1.8.7-5: - alsa-devel-1.0.9-9.1: On my new PC, I'm using a SuSE 10.0 with a 2.6.13-15.8-smp kernel and the following rpms: - alsa-1.0.9-23: - alsa-firmware-1.0.9-4: - alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-546: - alsa-devel-1.0.9-23: - alsa-tools-1.0.9-6: ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
