Use amixer, not alsamixer at first. It lets you see devices a different
way.
I remember at least 1 device where something started numbering at 0 and
something else at 1. If it starts at 1, 0 will be invalid, but you can try
going the other way. Compare going off the end one way with being just on
the wrong pin.
On Sat, May 28, 2022, 11:23 PM Robert M. Riches Jr. <
rm.ric...@jacob21819.net> wrote:
> Is there any hope of getting alsamixer controls for an AMD RX
> 5500/5500M GPU?
>
> I'm running Devuan Chimaera with kernel 5.10.0-14-amd64
> and the version numbers on most "*alsa*" packages between
> 1.2.4-1 and 1.2.4-2. I am _NOT_ running PulseAudio.
>
> My GPU shows up to "lspci -nn" as this:
>
> 0b:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] [1002:7340] (rev c5)
>
> After switching from DisplayPort-to-DVI to DisplayPort-to-HDMI
> to drive the visual side of the monitor, I had to switch to
> sending sound output through the GPU rather than the motherboard
> audio device. Now, alsamixer does not show a volume control.
>
> This is my current .asoundrc file:
>
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv cut here
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> pcm.Generic { type hw; card Generic; }
> ctl.Generic { type hw; card Generic; }
> pcm.HDMI { type hw; card HDMI device 8; }
> ctl.HDMI { type hw; card HDMI; }
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave.pcm "HDMI"
> }
> ctl.!default ctl.HDMI
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cut here
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> If I add the "device 8" part to the ctl.HDMI line, alsamixer
> refuses to run:
> cannot open mixer: Invalid argument
>
> Is there any hope of getting alsamixer to show a volume control
> for that audio device? Or, is the hardware design such that the
> volume control and so forth would need to be done in software
> (as in PulseAudio)? (If the latter, I'll probably have to plug
> in a set of separate speakers and go back to the motherboard's
> audio device.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
>
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