[Linux-disciples] hotkeys volume control

Fri Oct 7 13:08:23 EDT 2005

Thanks. It all works beautifully now. I will look out for unloaded modules
in the future.

On 10/7/05, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
>
> 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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Karl Sokol

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could produce the complete works of Shakespeare;
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