Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.4-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/speaker-test
Add an option or mention how to test all the speakers on the system. Currently, working back from what the man page says, one needs for i in $(aplay -L|perl -nwle '/(.*):CARD=([^,]+)/ && print "$1:$2";'|sort -u) do speaker-test --device $i --nloops 1; done And that creates a lot of errors, as not all the aplay -L devices can be used. Anyway, the idea is: try making a noise that can be heard somewhere. E.g., it is night time. My house has 25 windows. I will make a noise inside it, and stand outside, wondering what window the noise came out of... So running the above command, when the user finally hears a noise, he can look quickly at the screen to see which --device made it.
