[Linux-disciples] hotkeys volume control

Adam Rosi-Kessel adam at rosi-kessel.org
Fri Oct 7 08:28:19 EDT 2005


Okay, so it's built as a module. Have you tried just

  modprobe snd_mixer_oss

??

Karl Sokol wrote:
> grep "MIXER_OSS" /boot/config-`uname -r`
> CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
> 
> nahash at ubuntu:~$ rexima -v
> rexima: couldn't open mixer device.
> 
> alsamixer works fine.
> 
> 
> On 10/6/05, *Adam Rosi-Kessel* <adam at rosi-kessel.org
> <mailto:adam at rosi-kessel.org>> wrote:
> 
>     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
>     <mailto: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
>     >
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