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On Tuesday 01 Nov 2016 08:40:52 Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2016-11-01 09:55, Hunter Jozwiak wrote: |
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> > I finally got the base install of Gentoo done, but I've come across a |
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> > really interesting probleing. After installing Alsa and enabling its |
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> > daemon |
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> ? |
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> alsa itself doesn't need any daemon, it is a kernel API mediated by a |
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> library (libasound). Do you mean pulseaudio or something? |
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Yes; I have no alsa demon running and my sound is fine, just using the basic |
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alsa - not jack or anything fancy. |
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$ sudo rc-update -s -v | grep alsa |
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alsasound | |
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> > Unfortunately, this give the side effect that ALSA is |
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> > extremely loud (I would guess top volume), and none of the sliders |
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> ? |
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> What sliders? You seem to be talking about some GUI program to control |
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> alsa, not about alsa itself. |
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Sounds like alsamixer, the one Alexander mentioned. |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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