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[48b7295] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[48b7295] | 7 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-ftp "&alsa-download-ftp;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
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[ac789c0] | 9 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum "c72d0efa9c88770a10733ec2abc1a872">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size "224 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize "3.6 MB">
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[48b7295] | 12 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-time "0.08 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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[43ef043b] | 14 |
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[48b7295] | 15 | <sect1 id="alsa-utils" xreflabel="ALSA Utilities-&alsa-utils-version;">
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[1d13710] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="alsa-utils.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>ALSA Utilities-&alsa-utils-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-ALSA-Utilities">ALSA Utilities</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to ALSA Utilities</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>ALSA Utilities</application> package contains
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| 33 | various utilities which are useful for controlling your sound card.</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 37 | <listitem>
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| 38 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-utils-download-http;"/></para>
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| 39 | </listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-utils-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &alsa-utils-md5sum;</para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download size: &alsa-utils-size;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &alsa-utils-buildsize;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated build time: &alsa-utils-time;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | </itemizedlist>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Utilities Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 60 | <para><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | </sect2>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 65 | <title>Installation of ALSA Utilities</title>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para>Install <application>ALSA Utilities</application> by
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| 68 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <screen><userinput>./configure &&
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| 71 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | </sect2>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 82 | <title>Configuring ALSA Utilities</title>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect3 id="alsa-utils-config">
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| 85 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para><filename>/etc/asound.state</filename></para>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsa-utils-config">
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| 90 | <primary sortas="e-etc-asound.state">/etc/asound.state</primary>
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| 91 | </indexterm>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | </sect3>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <sect3 id="alsa-utils-init">
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| 96 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>Probably the easiest way to store mixer levels is to set and
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| 99 | retrieve them using a bootscript.</para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsa-utils-init">
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| 102 | <primary sortas="f-alsa">alsa</primary>
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| 103 | </indexterm>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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| 106 | install the init script <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa</filename> included
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| 107 | in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-alsa</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>Note that all channels of your sound card are muted by default.
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| 112 | You can use the <command>alsamixer</command> program from
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| 113 | <application>ALSA Utilities</application> (or any other
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| 114 | OSS mixer) to change this.</para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>The first time the above script is run, it will complain that
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| 117 | there is no state in <filename>/etc/asound.state</filename>. You can
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| 118 | prevent this by running the following commands as the
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| 119 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user after
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| 120 | installing <application>ALSA Utilities</application>:</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen role="root"><userinput>touch /etc/asound.state &&
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| 123 | alsactl store</userinput></screen>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>A final note is that the lines loading <filename>sfxload</filename>
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| 126 | are commented out. They are there as an example of other things you may
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| 127 | wish to do in the startup script. <filename>sfxload</filename> is a
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| 128 | separate package of interest to SoundBlaster AWE and Live!
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| 129 | users. It is designed for loading "sound-fonts" (which are used for
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| 130 | MIDI output). You may wish to delete these lines and add
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| 131 | your own or, if you have the relevant sound card, install
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| 132 | <filename>sfxload</filename> and uncomment them.</para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | </sect3>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | </sect2>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 139 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <segmentedlist>
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| 142 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 143 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 144 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <seglistitem>
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| 147 | <seg>aconnect, alsaconf, alsactl, alsamixer, amidi, amixer, aplay, aplaymidi,
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| 148 | arecord, arecordmidi, aseqnet, iecset, and speaker-test</seg>
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| 149 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 150 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 151 | </seglistitem>
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| 152 | </segmentedlist>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <variablelist>
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| 155 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 156 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 157 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <varlistentry id="aconnect">
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| 160 | <term><command>aconnect</command></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>is a utility for connecting and disconnecting two existing
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| 163 | ports in the ALSA sequencer system.</para>
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aconnect">
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| 165 | <primary sortas="b-aconnect">aconnect</primary>
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| 166 | </indexterm>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 | </varlistentry>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <varlistentry id="alsaconf">
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| 171 | <term><command>alsaconf</command></term>
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| 172 | <listitem>
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| 173 | <para>is a configuration tool which tries to detect the sound cards
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| 174 | on your system and write a suitable configuration file for ALSA.</para>
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| 175 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsaconf">
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| 176 | <primary sortas="b-alsaconf">alsaconf</primary>
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| 177 | </indexterm>
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| 178 | </listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <varlistentry id="alsactl">
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| 182 | <term><command>alsactl</command></term>
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>is used to control advanced settings for the
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| 185 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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| 186 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsactl">
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| 187 | <primary sortas="b-alsactl">alsactl</primary>
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| 188 | </indexterm>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <varlistentry id="alsamixer">
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| 193 | <term><command>alsamixer</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem>
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| 195 | <para>is an ncurses-based mixer program for use with the
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| 196 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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| 197 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsamixer">
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| 198 | <primary sortas="b-alsamixer">alsamixer</primary>
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| 199 | </indexterm>
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| 200 | </listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <varlistentry id="amidi">
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| 204 | <term><command>amidi</command></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>is used to read from and write to ALSA
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| 207 | RawMIDI ports.</para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils amidi">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-amidi">amidi</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <varlistentry id="amixer">
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| 215 | <term><command>amixer</command></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para> allows command-line control of the mixers for the
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| 218 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils amixer">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-amixer">amixer</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <varlistentry id="aplay">
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| 226 | <term><command>aplay</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>is a command-line soundfile player for the
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| 229 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aplay">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="b-aplay">aplay</primary>
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| 232 | </indexterm>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <varlistentry id="aplaymidi">
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| 237 | <term><command>aplaymidi</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>is a command-line utility that plays the specified
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| 240 | MIDI file(s) to one or more ALSA sequencer ports.</para>
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| 241 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aplaymidi">
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| 242 | <primary sortas="b-aplaymidi">aplaymidi</primary>
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| 243 | </indexterm>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <varlistentry id="arecord">
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| 248 | <term><command>arecord</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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| 250 | <para>is a command-line soundfile recorder for the
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| 251 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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| 252 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils arecord">
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| 253 | <primary sortas="b-arecord">arecord</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <varlistentry id="arecordmidi">
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| 259 | <term><command>arecordmidi</command></term>
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| 260 | <listitem>
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| 261 | <para>is a command-line utility that records a standard
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| 262 | MIDI file from one or more ALSA sequencer ports.</para>
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| 263 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils arecordmidi">
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| 264 | <primary sortas="b-arecordmidi">arecordmidi</primary>
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| 265 | </indexterm>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 | </varlistentry>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <varlistentry id="aseqnet">
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| 270 | <term><command>aseqnet</command></term>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>is an ALSA sequencer client which sends
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| 273 | and receives event packets over a network.</para>
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| 274 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aseqnet">
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| 275 | <primary sortas="b-aseqnet">aseqnet</primary>
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| 276 | </indexterm>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <varlistentry id="iecset">
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| 281 | <term><command>iecset</command></term>
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| 282 | <listitem>
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| 283 | <para>is a small utility to set or dump the IEC958 (or so-called
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| 284 | <quote>S/PDIF</quote>) status bits of the specified sound
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| 285 | card via the ALSA control API.</para>
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| 286 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils iecset">
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| 287 | <primary sortas="b-iecset">iecset</primary>
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| 288 | </indexterm>
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| 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <varlistentry id="speaker-test">
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| 293 | <term><command>speaker-test</command></term>
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>is a command-line speaker test tone generator for ALSA.</para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils speaker-test">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-speaker-test">speaker-test</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | </variablelist>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | </sect2>
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[48b7295] | 305 |
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| 306 | </sect1>
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