[Linux-disciples] hotkeys volume control

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Yes, I think you're right that it's a mixer problem, not a 'volume button
keys' problem.

You might need ALSA's OSS emulation enabled... What do you get from

grep "MIXER_OSS" /boot/config-`uname -r`

??

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 12:33:16PM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
> So, these are the mods that seemed relevant to sound.  I notice the absence of
> an entry similar to your "snd_mixer_oss          19296  1 snd_pcm_oss"  OSS is
> not configuered as an output device at all.  That is, only alsa works with
> xmms.
> 
> Since alsamixer works on its own, is it possible to see what module or device
> it is using?
> 
> snd_intel8x0           29984  3
> snd_ac97_codec         64608  1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm                84872  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
> snd_timer              23300  1 snd_pcm
> snd                    50276  9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore               9824  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc          9604  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> 
> Thanks for the google link, but I did rather extensive searching and did not
> see many instances of this problem, except for a few people as clueless as
> myself http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=23273
> It seems like it has more to do with the setup of the mixer than the keyboard.
> 
> On 10/4/05, Stephen R Laniel <steve at laniels.org> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 11:45:24AM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
>     > "nahash at ubuntu:/$ hotkeys: Unable to open `/dev/mixer': No such file or
>     > directory"
>     >
>     > I tried making a softlink to alsamixer, and I get
> 
>     I don't know about the Natural Keyboard problem, though this
>     google query might help you:
>     http://shorl.com/gigrabratokare
> 
>     As for /dev/mixer: you don't want to symlink it to
>     alsamixer. Alsamixer is a program, whereas all the files in
>     /dev/ are (basically) files corresponding to physical
>     devices, or abstractions sitting on top of physical devices.
>     /dev/mixer is supposed to correspond to an actual component
>     in your sound card. The way one normally creates a file in
>     /dev is by loading the appropriate module.
> 
>     I forget which module creates /dev/mixer, but I'd bet it's
>     one of the snd* modules. Below is my list of snd* modules;
>     yours will be different, depending on your hardware, but
>     looking at your own list of modules (via 'lsmod') will help
>     you narrow it down.
> 
>     If others have more specific information about which module
>     generates /dev/mixer, feel free to post.
> 
>     snd_intel8x0           33056  1
>     snd_ac97_codec         83452  1 snd_intel8x0
>     snd_pcm_oss            52672  0
>     snd_mixer_oss          19296  1 snd_pcm_oss
>     snd_pcm                88840  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
>     snd_timer              24164  1 snd_pcm
>     snd                    54884  8
>     snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>     soundcore               9600  1 snd
>     snd_page_alloc         10600  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> 
>     --
>     Stephen R. Laniel
>     steve at laniels.org
>     +(617) 308-5571
>     http://laniels.org/
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> Karl Sokol
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