alsamixer not working!

RaceTM · 02-24-2004, 08:27 PM

hey guys..i'm hoping someone can help me out. I installed gentoo a few weeks ago, and i've been learning quite a bit since then, however i still haven't been able to get alsa working with my Hercules Muse LT.. As far as I know, everything I need is installed..however when I start alsamixer, I'm unable to cahnge any settings, and PCM shows as "off". I've checked that everything is unmuted, and as far as I can see nothing is.

Any ideas what might be going on?
I'm logged in as root while trying all this.

contrasutra · 02-24-2004, 09:25 PM

Are you sure the proper ALSA modules are loaded? All the alsa modules begin in "snd-". You could paste your "lsmod" output.

Also, are you running alsamixer as root? Sometimes you need to.

RaceTM · 02-24-2004, 10:22 PM

Yep, i'm logged in as root however lsmod shows no modules running. Everything related to alsa which i enabled in the kernel i left as * rather than module. Should I be doing things differently?

RaceTM · 02-25-2004, 03:39 PM

bump
pity tha noob

linuxgamer09483 · 02-25-2004, 04:02 PM

maybe what youre looking for is: highlight 'PCM' and press your '>' key to unmute

RaceTM · 02-25-2004, 07:39 PM

Thanks for the reply..I tried that, as well as every other key combination but it won't unmute. I have no idea what's going on
:/
Files play fine, and my card is detected so i'm sure it's just an issue with permissions or something. But I can't figure it out

DrOzz · 02-25-2004, 09:26 PM

i just hit the

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key to mute / unmute when using alsamixer ...
i think

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and

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are used for left and right ... so just try the m key ..

RaceTM · 02-25-2004, 09:51 PM

yep I tried..i can move left and right to teh different volume controls, but I can't change any of them or change the mute settings.