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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Oss/Alsa/Pulseaudio: never-ending wars (VBox)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:42:18
Message-Id: 20200219194208.GA26624@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Oss/Alsa/Pulseaudio: never-ending wars (VBox) by n952162
1 On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 06:32:46PM +0100, n952162 wrote
2 > On 2020-02-19 15:37, n952162 wrote:
3 >
4 > It seems like VBox is interfacing directly with "the" sound card and
5 > even working correctly (e.g. aplay some-file takes about the right
6 > amount of time until it ends error-free), but unfortunately, I have 2
7 > sound cards and the first doesn't work.
8
9 From the aplay man page...
10
11 -l, --list-devices
12 List all soundcards and digital audio devices
13
14 -D, --device=NAME
15 Select PCM by name
16
17 And if you're using alsa, run alsamixer and ensure that the output is
18 not muted; that's the default.
19
20 --
21 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
22 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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