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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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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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9 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum "d4b77e9fe0311772293e402fdd634ad2">
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10 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size "935 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize "5.9 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-time "0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="alsa-utils" xreflabel="ALSA Utilities-&alsa-utils-version;">
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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> Use a bootscript to store the values at shutdown.</para>
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99 |
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100 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsa-utils-init">
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101 | <primary sortas="f-alsa">alsa</primary>
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102 | </indexterm>
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103 |
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104 | <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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105 | install the init script <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa</filename> included
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106 | in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-alsa</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>Note that all channels of your sound card are muted by default.
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111 | You can use the <command>alsamixer</command> program from the
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112 | <application>ALSA Utilities</application> to change this.</para>
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113 |
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114 | <para>The first time the <filename class='directory'>dev.d</filename>
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115 | script below is run, it will complain
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116 | that there is no state in <filename>/etc/asound.state</filename>.
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117 | You can prevent this by running the following commands as
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118 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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119 |
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120 | <screen role="root"><userinput>touch /etc/asound.state &&
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121 | alsactl store</userinput></screen>
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122 |
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123 | <para>The volume settings will be restored from the saved state using a
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124 | <filename class='directory'>dev.d</filename> handler script that will
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125 | execute when the device is detected
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126 | during boot (when plugged in for USB devices).</para>
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127 |
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128 | <note>
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129 | <para>For versions of udev greater than 0.58, this script will
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130 | not work by default. You'll have to add dev.d compatibility by adding
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131 | a udev rules file that contains the line
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132 | 'RUN="/sbin/udev_send_devd" to continue using the now depreciated
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133 | dev.d system.</para>
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134 | </note>
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135 |
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136 | <para> While still the
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137 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create the
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138 | <filename class='directory'>dev.d</filename> script with the following
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139 | commands:</para>
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140 |
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141 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /etc/dev.d/snd &&
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142 | cat > /etc/dev.d/snd/alsa.dev << "EOF"
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143 | #!/bin/sh -e
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144 | # This script is called by udevd when a change in a device is
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145 | # detected, including initial detection upon bootup.
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146 | # udevd sets the environment variables ACTION and DEVNAME.
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147 |
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148 | [ "$ACTION" = "add" ] || exit 0
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149 | DEV_BASENAME="${DEVNAME##*/}"
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150 | N="${DEV_BASENAME#controlC}"
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151 | case "$DEV_BASENAME" in
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152 | controlC[0-7])
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153 | x=0
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154 | while [ $x -lt 20 ]; do
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155 | # Wait up to 20 seconds for /usr to be mounted if necessary
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156 | if [ -f /usr/sbin/alsactl ]; then
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157 | /usr/sbin/alsactl restore $N
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158 | exit 0
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159 | fi
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160 | sleep 1
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161 | x=`expr $x + 1`
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162 | done & # Put the while command in the background and continue
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163 | ;;
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164 | esac
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165 | exit 0
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166 | EOF
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167 | chmod -v 755 /etc/dev.d/snd/alsa.dev</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 |
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170 | <para>You may wish to do additional configuration on a per card basis.
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171 | For example, if you wish to load soundfont banks, use the following
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172 | sample script:</para>
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173 |
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174 | <screen>#!/bin/sh -e
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175 | # Begin /etc/dev.d/snd/<replaceable>[DEVICE]</replaceable>/asfxload.dev
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176 |
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177 | x=0
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178 | while [ $x -lt 20 ]; do
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179 | # Wait up to 20 seconds for /usr to be mounted if necessary
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180 | if [ -f /usr/bin/asfxload ]; then
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181 | # Load 8 MB sountfont bank
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182 | /usr/bin/asfxload /usr/share/sounds/sf2/8mbgmsfx.sf2 -D "<replaceable>[ALSA device string]</replaceable>"
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183 | exit 0
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184 | fi
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185 | sleep 1
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186 | x=`expr $x + 1`
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187 | done & # Put the while command in the background and continue
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188 |
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189 | exit 0
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190 | # End /etc/dev.d/snd/<replaceable>[DEVICE]</replaceable>/asfxload.dev</screen>
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191 |
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192 | </sect3>
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193 |
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194 | </sect2>
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195 |
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196 | <sect2 role="content">
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197 | <title>Contents</title>
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198 |
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199 | <segmentedlist>
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200 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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201 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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202 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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203 |
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204 | <seglistitem>
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205 | <seg>aconnect, alsaconf, alsactl, alsamixer, amidi, amixer, aplay, aplaymidi,
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206 | arecord, arecordmidi, aseqnet, aseqdump, iecset, and speaker-test</seg>
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207 | <seg>None</seg>
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208 | <seg>None</seg>
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209 | </seglistitem>
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210 | </segmentedlist>
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211 |
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212 | <variablelist>
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213 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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214 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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215 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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216 |
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217 | <varlistentry id="aconnect">
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218 | <term><command>aconnect</command></term>
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219 | <listitem>
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220 | <para>is a utility for connecting and disconnecting two existing
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221 | ports in the ALSA sequencer system.</para>
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222 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aconnect">
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223 | <primary sortas="b-aconnect">aconnect</primary>
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224 | </indexterm>
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225 | </listitem>
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226 | </varlistentry>
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227 |
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228 | <varlistentry id="alsaconf">
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229 | <term><command>alsaconf</command></term>
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230 | <listitem>
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231 | <para>is a configuration tool which tries to detect the sound cards
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232 | on your system and write a suitable configuration file for ALSA.</para>
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233 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsaconf">
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234 | <primary sortas="b-alsaconf">alsaconf</primary>
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235 | </indexterm>
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236 | </listitem>
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237 | </varlistentry>
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238 |
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239 | <varlistentry id="alsactl">
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240 | <term><command>alsactl</command></term>
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241 | <listitem>
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242 | <para>is used to control advanced settings for the
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243 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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244 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsactl">
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245 | <primary sortas="b-alsactl">alsactl</primary>
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246 | </indexterm>
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247 | </listitem>
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248 | </varlistentry>
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249 |
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250 | <varlistentry id="alsamixer">
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251 | <term><command>alsamixer</command></term>
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252 | <listitem>
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253 | <para>is an ncurses-based mixer program for use with the
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254 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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255 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsamixer">
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256 | <primary sortas="b-alsamixer">alsamixer</primary>
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257 | </indexterm>
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258 | </listitem>
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259 | </varlistentry>
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260 |
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261 | <varlistentry id="amidi">
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262 | <term><command>amidi</command></term>
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263 | <listitem>
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264 | <para>is used to read from and write to ALSA
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265 | RawMIDI ports.</para>
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266 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils amidi">
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267 | <primary sortas="b-amidi">amidi</primary>
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268 | </indexterm>
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269 | </listitem>
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270 | </varlistentry>
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271 |
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272 | <varlistentry id="amixer">
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273 | <term><command>amixer</command></term>
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274 | <listitem>
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275 | <para> allows command-line control of the mixers for the
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276 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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277 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils amixer">
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278 | <primary sortas="b-amixer">amixer</primary>
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279 | </indexterm>
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280 | </listitem>
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281 | </varlistentry>
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282 |
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283 | <varlistentry id="aplay">
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284 | <term><command>aplay</command></term>
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285 | <listitem>
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286 | <para>is a command-line soundfile player for the
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287 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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288 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aplay">
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289 | <primary sortas="b-aplay">aplay</primary>
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290 | </indexterm>
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291 | </listitem>
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292 | </varlistentry>
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293 |
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294 | <varlistentry id="aplaymidi">
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295 | <term><command>aplaymidi</command></term>
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296 | <listitem>
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297 | <para>is a command-line utility that plays the specified
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298 | MIDI file(s) to one or more ALSA sequencer ports.</para>
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299 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aplaymidi">
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300 | <primary sortas="b-aplaymidi">aplaymidi</primary>
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301 | </indexterm>
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302 | </listitem>
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303 | </varlistentry>
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304 |
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305 | <varlistentry id="arecord">
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306 | <term><command>arecord</command></term>
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307 | <listitem>
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308 | <para>is a command-line soundfile recorder for the
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309 | ALSA sound card drivers.</para>
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310 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils arecord">
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311 | <primary sortas="b-arecord">arecord</primary>
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312 | </indexterm>
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313 | </listitem>
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314 | </varlistentry>
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315 |
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316 | <varlistentry id="arecordmidi">
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317 | <term><command>arecordmidi</command></term>
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318 | <listitem>
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319 | <para>is a command-line utility that records a standard
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320 | MIDI file from one or more ALSA sequencer ports.</para>
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321 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils arecordmidi">
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322 | <primary sortas="b-arecordmidi">arecordmidi</primary>
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323 | </indexterm>
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324 | </listitem>
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325 | </varlistentry>
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326 |
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327 | <varlistentry id="aseqdump">
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328 | <term><command>aseqdump</command></term>
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329 | <listitem>
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330 | <para>is a command-line utility that prints the sequencer events it
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331 | receives as text.</para>
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332 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aseqdump">
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333 | <primary sortas="b-aseqdump">aseqdump</primary>
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334 | </indexterm>
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335 | </listitem>
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336 | </varlistentry>
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337 |
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338 | <varlistentry id="aseqnet">
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339 | <term><command>aseqnet</command></term>
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340 | <listitem>
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341 | <para>is an ALSA sequencer client which sends
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342 | and receives event packets over a network.</para>
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343 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aseqnet">
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344 | <primary sortas="b-aseqnet">aseqnet</primary>
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345 | </indexterm>
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346 | </listitem>
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347 | </varlistentry>
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348 |
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349 | <varlistentry id="iecset">
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350 | <term><command>iecset</command></term>
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351 | <listitem>
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352 | <para>is a small utility to set or dump the IEC958 (or so-called
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353 | <quote>S/PDIF</quote>) status bits of the specified sound
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354 | card via the ALSA control API.</para>
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355 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils iecset">
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356 | <primary sortas="b-iecset">iecset</primary>
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357 | </indexterm>
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358 | </listitem>
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359 | </varlistentry>
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360 |
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361 | <varlistentry id="speaker-test">
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362 | <term><command>speaker-test</command></term>
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363 | <listitem>
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364 | <para>is a command-line speaker test tone generator for ALSA.</para>
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365 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils speaker-test">
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366 | <primary sortas="b-speaker-test">speaker-test</primary>
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367 | </indexterm>
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368 | </listitem>
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369 | </varlistentry>
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370 |
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371 | </variablelist>
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372 |
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373 | </sect2>
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374 |
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375 | </sect1>
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