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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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[da13524] | 5 |
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[48b7295] | 6 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 7 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-ftp "&alsa-download-ftp;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
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[da13524] | 8 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum "b9dc0f9aae6131a6e6df9934a7b96a18">
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[aa489e8f] | 9 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size "145 KB">
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[7a9f6537] | 10 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize "2.3 MB">
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[48b7295] | 11 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-time "0.08 SBU">
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| 12 | ]>
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[43ef043b] | 13 |
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[48b7295] | 14 | <sect1 id="alsa-utils" xreflabel="ALSA Utilities-&alsa-utils-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[48b7295] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="alsa-utils.html"?>
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| 20 | <title>ALSA Utilities-&alsa-utils-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect2>
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[da13524] | 23 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym>
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| 24 | Utilities</application></title>
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[48b7295] | 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application> package
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[da13524] | 27 | contains various utilities which are useful for controlling your sound
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| 28 | card.</para>
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[48b7295] | 29 |
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| 30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[da13524] | 32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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| 33 | <ulink url="&alsa-utils-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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| 35 | <ulink url="&alsa-utils-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &alsa-utils-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[48b7295] | 37 | <listitem><para>Download size: &alsa-utils-size;</para></listitem>
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[da13524] | 38 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 39 | &alsa-utils-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 41 | &alsa-utils-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[48b7295] | 42 | </sect3>
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| 43 |
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[da13524] | 44 | <sect3><title><application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application>
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| 45 | dependencies</title>
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[48b7295] | 46 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[da13524] | 47 | <para><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
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| 48 | </sect4>
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[48b7295] | 49 | </sect3>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | </sect2>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <sect2>
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[da13524] | 54 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym>
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| 55 | Utilities</application></title>
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[48b7295] | 56 |
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[da13524] | 57 | <para>Install <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application> by
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| 58 | running the following commands:</para>
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[43ef043b] | 59 |
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| 60 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure &&
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[48b7295] | 61 | make &&
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| 62 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <sect2>
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[da13524] | 67 | <title>Configuring <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym>
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| 68 | Utilities</application></title>
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[48b7295] | 69 |
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| 70 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 71 | <para><filename>/etc/asound.state</filename></para>
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| 72 | </sect3>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 75 | <para>Probably the easiest way to store mixer levels is to set and retrieve
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[e3ef32f] | 76 | them using a bootscript.</para>
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[48b7295] | 77 |
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[da13524] | 78 | <para>Install the init script <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa</filename>
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| 79 | included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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[48b7295] | 80 |
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| 81 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-alsa</command></userinput></screen>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para>Note that all channels of your sound card are muted by default. You can
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| 84 | use the <command>alsamixer</command> program from
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| 85 | <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application> (or any other
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| 86 | <acronym>OSS</acronym> mixer) to change this.</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>The first time the above script is run, it will complain that
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| 89 | there is no state in <filename>/etc/asound.state</filename>. You can
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| 90 | prevent this by running the following commands after installing
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| 91 | <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application>:</para>
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[da13524] | 92 |
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[48b7295] | 93 | <screen><userinput><command>touch /etc/asound.state &&
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| 94 | alsactl store</command></userinput></screen>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <para>A final note is that the lines loading <filename>sfxload</filename>
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| 97 | are commented out. They are there as an example of other things you may
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| 98 | wish to do in the startup script. <filename>sfxload</filename> is a
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| 99 | separate package of interest to SoundBlaster AWE and Live!
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| 100 | users. It is designed for loading "sound-fonts" (which are used for
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| 101 | <acronym>MIDI</acronym> output). You may wish to delete these lines and add
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| 102 | your own or, if you have the relevant sound card, install <filename>sfxload
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| 103 | </filename> and uncomment them.</para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | </sect3>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | </sect2>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect2>
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| 110 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>The <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application> package
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| 113 | contains <command>aconnect</command>,
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| 114 | <command>alsactl</command>, <command>alsamixer</command>,
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| 115 | <command>amixer</command>, <command>aplay</command>,
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| 116 | <command>arecord</command> and <command>aseqnet</command>.</para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | </sect2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect3><title>aconnect</title>
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[da13524] | 123 | <para><command>aconnect</command> is a utility for connecting and
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| 124 | disconnecting two existing ports in the <acronym>ALSA</acronym>
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| 125 | sequencer system.</para>
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[48b7295] | 126 | </sect3>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect3><title>alsactl</title>
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| 129 | <para><command>alsactl</command> is used to control advanced settings
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| 130 | for the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect3><title>alsamixer</title>
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| 133 | <para><command>alsamixer</command> is an ncurses-based mixer program for
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| 134 | use with the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <sect3><title>amixer</title>
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| 137 | <para><command>amixer</command> allows command-line control of the
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| 138 | mixers for the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect3><title>aplay</title>
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| 141 | <para><command>aplay</command> is a command-line soundfile player for
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| 142 | the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <sect3><title>arecord</title>
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| 145 | <para><command>arecord</command> is a command-line soundfile recorder
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| 146 | for the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <sect3><title>aseqnet</title>
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| 149 | <para><command>aseqnet</command> is an <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sequencer
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| 150 | client which sends and receives event packets over a network.</para></sect3>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | </sect2>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | </sect1>
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