change volume using console
 

I'm using Suse and I was wondering it it is possible to change the volume using the console. At the moment the only way I can do it by clicking the volume icon on the suse top bar. The reason I need to know this is to configure my multimedia buttons to change the global volume.

try alsamixer on konsole if u want a command line sound controller.. :)

How do I use alsamixer and issue a one line command to change the master volume up or down? Can I actually do this?

You could use the command: aumix -v 100 . Where the number 100 is max volume and 80 would be more reasonable.

or just plain 'aumix' will bring up a text based mixer

cool thanks very much. I ended up using:

aumix -v +5
aumix -v -5

to change the volume