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