I have a SystemPreferences.app applet for setting Volume in Pipewire. I've only tested it on Linux so far. it Requires blocks support.
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 at 18:59, Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > some more investigation. Trying to understand the conditions of > /dev/mixer availability. I want to understand if it is device dependent, > kernel version, kernel configuration or package dependent. > > Essentially, it is an OSS interface somehow a little customized for alsa. > > On my workstation Gentoo ~amd64 (equivalent to testing branch), I have > /dev/mixer and 6.15.6-gentoo kernel which is definitely very recent!. I > do not have alsa-oss package installed. > Main volume works, setting of balance doesn't. > > On my laptop Devuan amd64 daedalus (should be debian bookworm?) with > 6.1.0-37 kernel there is no /dev/mixer > > On my Raspberry PI3 with 4.9.35 (Rasbpian equivalent debian 8) there is > no mixer either. But does it have audio at all? Never used it, just curios > > Furthermore, thinking of FreeBSD, there is /dev/mixer0 and /dev/mixer1. > Of course no alsa lib, but it might be interesting to see if the current > code can be easily made compatible or I do need a completely different > Device backend. > > By googling around, fixes vary a lot. From using /dev/snd/mixer - > doesn't exist for me or loading an oss kernel compatibility module. But > right now got nothing consistent to work. If you do, tell me. > > Riccardo > >
