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Alsamixer

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Trying to sort out a few of my sound problems.

I have an error code coming up when trying to run alsamixer
I get alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused

Have tried installing alsamixer again, but it just says it's the latest version.

Any suggestions?
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Re: Alsamixer

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Any suggestions?
Hasn't LMDE moved onto pulseaudio yet? If they have try

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pavucontrol
If they haven't try

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amixer
You will need to read the man page to use it though (or google it)
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Re: Alsamixer

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Yes LMDE does have pulse by default although many people seem to be having trouble with sound including myself. It seems that Pulse has a habit of muting itself and installing pavucontrol allows easy control.

I only wish I could remember how I solved my lack of sound but I should write things down. I am using Alsa but still have pulse as well.

I did how-ever buy a new logitech media keyboard last week and using the mute button caused lose of sound which could not be unmuted. I found a thread on Ubuntu which mentioned LMDE and that sorted my system.http://askubuntu.com/questions/118675/m ... -only-alsa.

Just noticed that if you load alsa-utils it includes a mixer and alsamixer.
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Re: Alsamixer

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viking777 wrote:
Any suggestions?
Hasn't LMDE moved onto pulseaudio yet? If they have try

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pavucontrol
If they haven't try

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amixer
You will need to read the man page to use it though (or google it)
Well I've been trying to sort this out off and on for quite a while now so I will try anything (almost!) to sort this. I also had the distinct impression that if anything was going to cause problems it was pulseaudio, but maybe things have moved on?

I will post any findings if helpful for others, as this seems to be a common problem topic.
Adelante

Re: Alsamixer

Post by Adelante »

This worked for me running the LMDE UP6 Xfce (unofficial), as suggested by GeneC. It might be worth trying for you.

Installed:
GeneC wrote:Pulse Audio Volume Control (pavucontrol)

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pavucontrol (1.0-1)
pulseaudio-esound-compat (2.0-6)
pulseaudio-module-gconf (2.0-6)
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf (2.0-6)
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Re: Alsamixer

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Adelante wrote:This worked for me running the LMDE UP6 Xfce (unofficial), as suggested by GeneC. It might be worth trying for you.

Installed:
GeneC wrote:Pulse Audio Volume Control (pavucontrol)

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pavucontrol (1.0-1)
pulseaudio-esound-compat (2.0-6)
pulseaudio-module-gconf (2.0-6)
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf (2.0-6)
Have done and got this

andrew@laptopu400:~$ pavucontrol (1.0-1)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `1.0-1'
andrew@laptopu400:~$ pulseaudio-esound-compat (2.0-6)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `2.0-6'
andrew@laptopu400:~$ pulseaudio-module-gconf (2.0-6)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `2.0-6'
andrew@laptopu400:~$ pulseaudio-module-zeroconf (2.0-6)

I'm sure it will be clear to someone!! but not me!
Adelante

Re: Alsamixer

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Me neither -- sorry :oops:
abtygwyn wrote:
I'm sure it will be clear to someone!! but not me!
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Re: Alsamixer

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Adelante wrote:Me neither -- sorry :oops:
abtygwyn wrote:
I'm sure it will be clear to someone!! but not me!
Quite so, me neither but someone will, hopefully!! :-)
viking777

Re: Alsamixer

Post by viking777 »

Have done and got this
Have done what exactly? That post doesn't make any sense to me.

If you are trying to install pavucontrol, open synaptic package manager, search for it, tick it (if it requires additional packages allow that) then press apply.
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Re: Alsamixer

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It looks as though you are trying to run pavucontrol without first having installed it. If you have installed as Viking suggests the you should find an entry in your menu as I posted previously.

To run from the terminal all you need to put in is pavucontrol not the version no.
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Re: Alsamixer

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Fornhamfred wrote:It looks as though you are trying to run pavucontrol without first having installed it. If you have installed as Viking suggests the you should find an entry in your menu as I posted previously.

To run from the terminal all you need to put in is pavucontrol not the version no.
Well at present pavucontrol works fine, but I still can't find or induce my system to give me any digital output. It's all analogue at present. Some people have suggested that plugging in the hdmi connector should bring up the digital option, but it doesn't appear to.

Any suggestions as to how best to proceed?
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