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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> posted |
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>> 5bdc1c8b0804101043pdfacaeep2d6793d11ceac10@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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>> below, on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:43:10 -0700: |
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>> > I cannot even remember anymore how many times these setting have fooled |
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>> > me. I use a lot of audio apps and they have a tendency to leave some of |
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>> > these settings in somewhat unknown states so starting here generally |
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>> > works for me. |
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>> Same here. No one's an idiot for missing some of those obscure function |
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>> settings with even more obscure names, once in awhile. It happens, which |
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>> is exactly why I suggested covering the simple basics like that first. |
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> I don't know if others have the same problem I do but every time I |
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> look at alsamixer I don't have a clue whether something is muted or |
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> not. I generally have to hit 'm' a few times to refresh my memory of |
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> which way it is set. |
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> Something about the visual design of that app doesn't automatically |
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> trigger for me. |
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> - Mark |
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Well for me, the trick in alsamixer is to look at the bottom of each |
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'bar graph' and see if it has 'MM' in it instead of the infinity symbol. |
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I am pretty sure that's a standard set of symbols for that. The 'MM' |
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is for muted' and the infinity symbol is for unmuted. |
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