-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29/06/12 15:12, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:56:49 +0100 Anne Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Aslamixergui simply shows the PulseAudio channel > > Have you looked at the Pulse Audio Volume Control on the menu > (pavucontrol on a command line?) That is where I sorted out my > issues about multiple sound cards. According to the recommended > config, Alsamixer hands the whole job to Pulse. I couldn't get > anywhere with KDE's selector for output devices. > I don't see anything in pavucontrol - IIRC there is another similarly-named package for PA, but I can't find it.
> And have you looked at the Sound section in the Forum? That was > where tech queries were intended to go. Early on, there was a > whisper that the Answer Men looked only here, but I haven't found > that. > After some poor results from various Forums, I never got into the Forum habit. I know I need to re-train myself on that. I'm used to general searching, but a Forum rarely crosses my mind :-) > Otherwise, it is too deep for me. I used to have a USB headset > (mic & phones) and I would simply plug it in. Its own volume > control would pop up on the desktop when I least expected it. > > Something I printed out a while back was all about what you say: > too many control programs wanting to have a go at your audio > setup. > It's one of those frustrating things where you feel that it only needs something simple for everything to work well - but you can't remember what that thing is. I know there will be those that say turn of PA, but it has always worked OK for me - at least, for a very long time - so I don't want to do that unless forced to. Sooner or later something will ring a bell - a penny will drop - and suddenly all will be well :-D An ne - -- Need KDE help? Try http://userbase.kde.org or http://forum.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/tvYQACgkQj93fyh4cnBfKtgCfTfZmCpS1TrUseB93S8qyC0vc QtoAniY914hthDBDNhrG+lC2Rmkaf5L9 =a3Gm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
