Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Thanks to everyone for their help. I decided, after spending hours and hours trying to get things to work on CentOS6, that I would 'bite the bullet' and just re-install everything from scratch, but on CentOS7 following the instructions. I'm glad I did! From the moment I rebooted the server and did all the post install instructions to "secure the system" everything worked, including the audio settings being remembered in ALSA. Similarly with the first client PC I upgraded - it just worked! I wish I'd taken the step a while ago, but my lack of knowledge around using and configuring Linux just put me off :) Anyway, thanks again! No doubt I'll have a few more questions as we go, but it's all looking good so far ! ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 22:20 +0200, David Henderson wrote: > Thanks for the help David and Robert, > > I'm still having no joy - I've tried the sudo chattr + command which does > indeed "lock" the file (it shows a little padlock on the top right of the > file icon), however it seems to be ignored and the default settings are > applied. > > The sudo command doesn't work for me when logged in as RD - I get an error > message about RD is not in the sudoer's file - this incident will be > reported, so I have to switch user and login as root - whether this is to do > with the issue, I don't know... > Hm... I may be recalling incorrectly, but I thought user 'rd' was already a member of the appropriate group to enable use of sudo. Here's how to do that: su - root -c "usermod -a -G wheel rd" (copy/paste for best results) You'll need to enter the "root" password for this to work. If you get an error, simply log out of your "rd" session and log in as "root", and execute just the part of the above command that's inside the double quotes. This adds the user "rd" to the sudo-able group "wheel" on CentOS. You'll need to log out of your current "rd" session (if applicable) and log back in. I can't really explain the mysterious ALSA settings situation without more information. Feel free to email me directly and I'll summarize to the list as appropriate. Hope this helps! ~David Broadcast Tool & Die signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings (Gary Horn)
The change in ALSA behavior came with an interim CentOS 6 upgrade. To restore automatic save and restoration of the ALSA parameters, perform the following tasks: $ su root # mkdir -p /var/lib/alsa # cp /etc/asound.state /var/lib/alsa/ # alsactl -L --file /etc/asound.state restore # vi /etc/rc.local // add: # Restore ALSA settings # /sbin/alsactl -L --file /var/lib/alsa/asound.state restore 2>/dev/null I have applied this fix to dozens of systems and have found this to be an effective solution to restoring the original functionality. -Original Message- From: rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org On Behalf Of rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 10:26 AM To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Rivendell-dev Digest, Vol 76, Issue 46 Send Rivendell-dev mailing list submissions to rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org You can reach the person managing the list at rivendell-dev-ow...@lists.rivendellaudio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Rivendell-dev digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ALSA Mixer Settings (David Henderson) 2. Re: ALSA Mixer Settings (Robert Jeffares) 3. Re: ALSA Mixer Settings (David Henderson) 4. Re: ALSA Mixer Settings (David Henderson) 5. Re: ALSA Mixer Settings (David Klann) 6. Rdcatch and record starting via a macro (Tim Camp) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:41:51 +0200 From: "David Henderson" To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/pipermail/rivendell-dev/attachments/20190 826/6dd08d95/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:55:00 +1200 From: Robert Jeffares To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings Message-ID: <86a166e8-2cf1-fa54-8751-b3fe6a33a...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed David, after you esc out of alsamixer you run # alsactl store [x] where x is the number of your sound card like 0,1 There are some combinations of CentOS 6 where you have to run alsactl restore on boot using cron. using yum to update or reinstall alsa and alsa-utils may solve it regards Robert On 25/08/19 10:30 PM, David Henderson wrote: > I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never managed to find a solution that works. > > Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? > > Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been > applied to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first > installed everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for > and installing new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to > be saved ever again :( > > Thanks > > ___ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:12:53 +0200 From: "David Henderson" To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/pipermail/rivendell-dev/attachments/20190 826/34569bd8/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:27:10 +0200 From: "David Henderson" To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/pipermail/rivendell-dev/attachments/20190 826/62abdf59/attachment-0001.html> -- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:52:17 -0500 From: David Klann To: Robert Jeffares , DavidHenderson , rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings Message-ID: <6bd06a1ebde9829cec09c908fd95206bb3968a50.ca...@linux.com> Co
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Thanks for the help David and Robert, I'm still having no joy - I've tried the sudo chattr + command which does indeed "lock" the file (it shows a little padlock on the top right of the file icon), however it seems to be ignored and the default settings are applied. The sudo command doesn't work for me when logged in as RD - I get an error message about RD is not in the sudoer's file - this incident will be reported, so I have to switch user and login as root - whether this is to do with the issue, I don't know... > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 2:52 PM > From: "David Klann" > To: "Robert Jeffares" , DavidHenderson > , rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings > > On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 22:55 +1200, Robert Jeffares wrote: > > David, > > > > after you esc out of alsamixer you run # alsactl store [x] > > > > where x is the number of your sound card like 0,1 > > > > There are some combinations of CentOS 6 where you have to run alsactl > > restore on boot using cron. > > > > using yum to update or reinstall alsa and alsa-utils may solve it > > > > regards > > > > Robert > > > > Good suggestions Robert. > > David, you can use the sudo(1) command to run the alsactl(1) command as the > "super-user" (aka "root"). Use the man(1) command (e.g.: man sudo) to learn > more about temporarily escalating your privileges. Basically, it allows you to > run individual commands with "root" privileges. > > I have also found it helpful on some systems to use extended file attributes > to make the ALSA settings file "immutable". After making sure you have the > settings the way you want them run > > sudo chattr +i /var/lib/alsa/asound.state > > Then use > > sudo chattr -i /var/lib/alsa/asound.state > > to make the file "mutable" again (if your audio environment changes (external > to the computer), or if you replace the audio card in the computer). > > But ... Maybe this unnecessarily complicates things... > > ~David Klann > > ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 22:55 +1200, Robert Jeffares wrote: > David, > > after you esc out of alsamixer you run # alsactl store [x] > > where x is the number of your sound card like 0,1 > > There are some combinations of CentOS 6 where you have to run alsactl > restore on boot using cron. > > using yum to update or reinstall alsa and alsa-utils may solve it > > regards > > Robert > Good suggestions Robert. David, you can use the sudo(1) command to run the alsactl(1) command as the "super-user" (aka "root"). Use the man(1) command (e.g.: man sudo) to learn more about temporarily escalating your privileges. Basically, it allows you to run individual commands with "root" privileges. I have also found it helpful on some systems to use extended file attributes to make the ALSA settings file "immutable". After making sure you have the settings the way you want them run sudo chattr +i /var/lib/alsa/asound.state Then use sudo chattr -i /var/lib/alsa/asound.state to make the file "mutable" again (if your audio environment changes (external to the computer), or if you replace the audio card in the computer). But ... Maybe this unnecessarily complicates things... ~David Klann signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Seems like it must be to do with permissions of the RD or default Rivendell User that's logged in. If I try and run the alsactl restore 0 command I get the error: [rd@rdsrv ~]$ alsactl restore 0 alsactl: state_lock:125: file /etc/asound.state lock error: File exists alsactl: load_state:1683: Cannot open /etc/asound.state for reading: File exists Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC662 rev1" "HDA:10ec0662,18493662,00100101" "0x1849" "0x3662" Hardware is initialized using a generic method [rd@rdsrv ~]$ If I switch users and login as root then the soundcard settings are restored, but it's obviusly a lot of faffing around to switch users, run the restore command then log back in as RD - is there any other way round this? Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 12:12 PM From: "David Henderson" To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings Thanks Robert, I'll try using the souncard number to the end of the command to see if that works. I've no idea how to set a cron job if I'm being honest. I'm running CentOS 6.10 final -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. On 26/08/2019, 11:55 Robert Jeffares wrote: David, after you esc out of alsamixer you run # alsactl store [x] where x is the number of your sound card like 0,1 There are some combinations of CentOS 6 where you have to run alsactl restore on boot using cron. using yum to update or reinstall alsa and alsa-utils may solve it regards Robert On 25/08/19 10:30 PM, David Henderson wrote: > I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never managed to find a solution that works. > > Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? > > Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been applied to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first installed everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for and installing new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to be saved ever again :( > > Thanks > > ___ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Thanks Robert, I'll try using the souncard number to the end of the command to see if that works. I've no idea how to set a cron job if I'm being honest. I'm running CentOS 6.10 final -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.On 26/08/2019, 11:55 Robert Jeffares wrote: David, after you esc out of alsamixer you run # alsactl store [x] where x is the number of your sound card like 0,1 There are some combinations of CentOS 6 where you have to run alsactl restore on boot using cron. using yum to update or reinstall alsa and alsa-utils may solve it regards Robert On 25/08/19 10:30 PM, David Henderson wrote: > I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never managed to find a solution that works. > > Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? > > Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been applied to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first installed everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for and installing new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to be saved ever again :( > > Thanks > > ___ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
David, after you esc out of alsamixer you run # alsactl store [x] where x is the number of your sound card like 0,1 There are some combinations of CentOS 6 where you have to run alsactl restore on boot using cron. using yum to update or reinstall alsa and alsa-utils may solve it regards Robert On 25/08/19 10:30 PM, David Henderson wrote: I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never managed to find a solution that works. Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been applied to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first installed everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for and installing new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to be saved ever again :( Thanks ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Although having said that, in launching ALSA mixer this morning, I see it's gone back to the default settings, so they weren't saved for some reason. -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.On 26/08/2019, 11:38 David Henderson wrote: Thanks Gabriele, That appears to have worked. Not sure why it never did before... -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.On 25/08/2019, 13:00 Workino wrote: Try to execute sudo alsactl store in another terminal meanwhile the alsa mixer is open Regards Gabriele Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Aug 2019, at 12:30, David Henderson wrote: > > I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never managed to find a solution that works. > > Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? > > Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been applied to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first installed everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for and installing new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to be saved ever again :( > > Thanks > > ___ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Thanks Gabriele, That appears to have worked. Not sure why it never did before... -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.On 25/08/2019, 13:00 Workino wrote: Try to execute sudo alsactl store in another terminal meanwhile the alsa mixer is open Regards Gabriele Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Aug 2019, at 12:30, David Henderson wrote: > > I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never managed to find a solution that works. > > Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? > > Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been applied to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first installed everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for and installing new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to be saved ever again :( > > Thanks > > ___ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] ALSA Mixer Settings
Try to execute sudo alsactl store in another terminal meanwhile the alsa mixer is open Regards Gabriele Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Aug 2019, at 12:30, David Henderson wrote: > > I know I have asked this question before, but for some reason I've never > managed to find a solution that works. > > Each time I start up I have to go into ALSA Mixer and change the output level > of the sound card - no matter what I do, the settings aren't saved. I've > tried logging in as a root user and using the command in terminal, but to no > avail. Does anyone have a solution to this? > > Still currently running CentOS6, but all the latest updates have been applied > to the OS and Rivendell. I seem to recall that when I first installed > everything, the settings were saved, but after checking for and installing > new updates, the settings were lost and never seem to be saved ever again :( > > Thanks > > ___ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
