[SOLVED] alsamixer displays colors in one virtual terminal but not on others.

stf92 · 01-08-2014, 04:45 PM

Slackware 14.0-64

Hi: this is in the text consoles (aka virtual terminal, aka virtual console). Running alsamixer in /etc/tty5 the output is monochrome but in all other consoles it is in color! In all the consoles I am running it as the same user (regular user). Running as root, it displays colors. Not only that: in /etc/tty2 the controls shown are different. It does not show the same controls. How can I explain that? The version is that packaged with Slackware 14.0 (no --version option).

kaz2100 · 01-08-2014, 11:31 PM

Hya

Could your problem be X resource related?

cheers

stf92 · 01-09-2014, 01:17 AM

I don't think so. It's true, I have X running, but I run alsamixer in a text console.

ljb643 · 01-09-2014, 04:59 PM

Do "echo $TERM" in each console. alsamixer will display in color if TERM=linux but not if TERM=linux-m, to give just 2 cases.

(Didn't you post a while ago about TERM issues in consoles? Maybe this is a result or side-effect of whatever you did to fix it.)

stf92 · 01-09-2014, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ljb643

Do "echo $TERM" in each console. alsamixer will display in color if TERM=linux but not if TERM=linux-m, to give just 2 cases.

(Didn't you post a while ago about TERM issues in consoles? Maybe this is a result or side-effect of whatever you did to fix it.)

Thanks. I have $TERM=linux-m in console 5, you are right. But I don't understand for the user is the same in all consoles. I will boot and see what happens.

ljb643 · 01-09-2014, 07:46 PM

If it changes depending on the console, not the user, check the agetty lines in /etc/inittab.

stf92 · 01-10-2014, 07:52 AM

One of them had the 'linux-m' in it. Thanks.