I am using Mint Debian, XFCE, on a Compaq nc6400 I hit the mute button, and now don't know how to un-mute it. I have tried restarting and hitting the mute button and turning the volume up and down and nothing seems to work.
Can any one help me with me stupid newb question?
How do I un-mute the sound?
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How do I un-mute the sound?
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Re: How do I un-mute the sound?
Terminal > alsamixer
Use the up, down, left, right keys to select the master option, then increase the volume.
FYI, for future reference:
"amixer set Master 5%-" to decrease volume by 5%
"amixer set Master 5%+" to increase volume by 5%
"amixer sset Master toggle" to mute/unmute
Now, to apply all that, just assign or edit your keyboard shortcuts.
Use the up, down, left, right keys to select the master option, then increase the volume.
FYI, for future reference:
"amixer set Master 5%-" to decrease volume by 5%
"amixer set Master 5%+" to increase volume by 5%
"amixer sset Master toggle" to mute/unmute
Now, to apply all that, just assign or edit your keyboard shortcuts.
Re: How do I un-mute the sound?
You can also run the fix given here for XFCE, and not have to mess with binding.
Re: How do I un-mute the sound?
Not sure about the media-keys/hardware config
But
On the panel you have a mixer control (default in Mint's I believe). You can click on and bring up a 'mini-mixer'.
Make sure sound card selected (alsa-playback, pulseadio-playback ect). Selectet control to show (will save & show from now on). The master control usually does the trick. The icon below (looks like speaker) toggles mute on and off (normally show red x to show state in also).
J.Jay
But
On the panel you have a mixer control (default in Mint's I believe). You can click on and bring up a 'mini-mixer'.
Make sure sound card selected (alsa-playback, pulseadio-playback ect). Selectet control to show (will save & show from now on). The master control usually does the trick. The icon below (looks like speaker) toggles mute on and off (normally show red x to show state in also).
J.Jay
Re: How do I un-mute the sound?
Awesome!
I have been looking for so long the solution to this and didn't find it!
This did the trick for me on LMDE with MATE:
I binded that command to my multimedia mute/unmute key on the keyboard and now it works like it had to out of the box. Still I have to press this key to unmute either I decrease volume one level at a time or I mute directly. But it's no problem. Before I had to end session or restart to make it work
Thanks sagirfahmid3 for the solution.
I have been looking for so long the solution to this and didn't find it!
This did the trick for me on LMDE with MATE:
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amixer sset Master toggle
Thanks sagirfahmid3 for the solution.
Re: How do I un-mute the sound?
Sorry to ressurect an old thread.
sagirfahmid3's shortcuts work, except that when I mute the audio it gets stuck like that (ie can't unmute with the same shortcut).
any idea what might be causing this?
sagirfahmid3's shortcuts work, except that when I mute the audio it gets stuck like that (ie can't unmute with the same shortcut).
any idea what might be causing this?