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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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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 "2e28285f82bc5d0d7b18af480158652c">
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10 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size "1.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize "15 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY alsa-utils-time "0.2 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="alsa-utils" xreflabel="alsa-utils-&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 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 |
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22 | <title>alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils">
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25 | <primary sortas="a-alsa-utils">alsa-utils</primary>
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26 | </indexterm>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="package">
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29 | <title>Introduction to ALSA Utilities</title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>
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32 | The <application>ALSA Utilities</application> package contains
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33 | various utilities which are useful for controlling your sound
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34 | card.
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35 | </para>
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36 |
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37 | &lfs111_checked;
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38 |
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39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>
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43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-utils-download-http;"/>
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44 | </para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>
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48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-utils-download-ftp;"/>
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49 | </para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>
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53 | Download MD5 sum: &alsa-utils-md5sum;
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54 | </para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>
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58 | Download size: &alsa-utils-size;
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59 | </para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>
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63 | Estimated disk space required: &alsa-utils-buildsize;
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64 | </para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>
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68 | Estimated build time: &alsa-utils-time;
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69 | </para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | </itemizedlist>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Utilities Dependencies</bridgehead>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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76 | <para role="required">
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77 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>
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78 | </para>
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79 |
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80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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81 | <para role="optional">
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82 | <xref linkend="docutils"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="fftw"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>, and
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86 | <ulink url="http://hightek.org/dialog/">Dialog</ulink>
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87 | </para>
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88 |
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89 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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90 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/alsa-utils"/>
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91 | </para>
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92 | </sect2>
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93 |
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94 | <sect2 role="installation">
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95 | <title>Installation of ALSA Utilities</title>
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96 |
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97 | <para>
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98 | Install <application>ALSA Utilities</application> by
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99 | running the following commands:
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100 | </para>
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101 |
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102 | <screen><userinput>./configure --disable-alsaconf \
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103 | --disable-bat \
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104 | --disable-xmlto \
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105 | --with-curses=ncursesw &&
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106 | make</userinput></screen>
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107 |
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108 | <para>
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109 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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110 | </para>
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111 |
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112 | <para>
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113 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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114 | </para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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117 |
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118 | </sect2>
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119 |
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120 | <sect2 role="commands">
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121 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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122 |
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123 | <para>
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124 | <parameter>--disable-alsaconf</parameter>: This switch disables building
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125 | the <command>alsaconf</command> configuration tool which is incompatible
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126 | with <application>Udev</application>.
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127 | </para>
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128 |
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129 | <para>
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130 | <parameter>--disable-xmlto</parameter>: Omit this switch if you have
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131 | installed <xref linkend="xmlto"/> and wish to regenerate the man pages.
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132 | </para>
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133 |
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134 | <para>
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135 | <parameter>--disable-bat</parameter>: Omit this switch if you have
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136 | installed <xref linkend="fftw"/> and wish to
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137 | install the Basic Audio Tester (BAT).
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138 | </para>
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139 |
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140 | <para>
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141 | <parameter>--with-curses=ncursesw</parameter>: This switch forces the
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142 | use of wide-character ncurses libraries.
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143 | </para>
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144 |
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145 | </sect2>
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146 |
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147 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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148 | <title>Configuring ALSA Utilities</title>
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149 |
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150 | <sect3 id="alsa-utils-config">
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151 | <title>Config Files</title>
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152 |
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153 | <para>
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154 | <filename>/var/lib/alsa/asound.state</filename>
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155 | </para>
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156 |
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157 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsa-utils-config">
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158 | <primary sortas="e-var-lib-alsa-asound.state">/var/lib/alsa/asound.state</primary>
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159 | </indexterm>
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160 |
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161 | </sect3>
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162 |
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163 | <sect3>
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164 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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165 |
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166 | <para>
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167 | Note that all channels of your sound card are muted by default.
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168 | You can use the <command>alsamixer</command> program to change
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169 | this. Use <command>speaker-test</command> to check that your
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170 | settings have been applied correctly. You should hear
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171 | <quote>pink noise</quote> on your speakers.
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172 | </para>
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173 |
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174 | <para>
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175 | The <filename>alsactl</filename> program is normally run from a
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176 | standard <application>udev</application> rule. The first time it
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177 | is run, it will complain that there is no state in
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178 | <filename>/var/lib/alsa/asound.state</filename>. You can prevent
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179 | this by running the following command as the
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180 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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181 | </para>
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182 |
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183 | <screen role="root"><userinput>alsactl -L store</userinput></screen>
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184 |
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185 | <para>
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186 | The volume settings should be restored from the saved state by
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187 | <application>Udev</application> when the device is detected
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188 | (during boot or when plugged in for USB devices).
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189 | </para>
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190 |
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191 | <para>
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192 | All sound devices are not accessible for any user except
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193 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and members of the
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194 | <systemitem class="groupname">audio</systemitem> group. Add any
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195 | users that might use the sound devices to that group:
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196 | </para>
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197 |
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198 | <screen role="root"><userinput>usermod -a -G audio <replaceable><username></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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199 |
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200 | <note>
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201 | <para>
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202 | You may need to log out and back in again to refresh your group
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203 | memberships. '<command>su <replaceable><username></replaceable></command>'
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204 | should work as well.
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205 | </para>
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206 | </note>
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207 |
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208 | </sect3>
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209 |
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210 | <sect3 id="alsa-utils-init" revision="sysv">
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211 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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212 |
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213 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsa-utils-init">
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214 | <primary sortas="f-alsa">alsa</primary>
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215 | </indexterm>
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216 |
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217 | <para>
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218 | To automatically store and restore volume settings (if the udev rule
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219 | doesn't work for you) when the system is rebooted, install the
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220 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa</filename> boot script from the
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221 | <xref linkend="bootscripts" revision="sysv"/>
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222 | <xref linkend="systemd-units" revision="systemd"/> package.
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223 | </para>
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224 |
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225 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-alsa</userinput></screen>
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226 |
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227 | </sect3>
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228 |
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229 | </sect2>
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230 |
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231 | <sect2 role="content">
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232 | <title>Contents</title>
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233 |
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234 | <segmentedlist>
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235 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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236 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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237 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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238 |
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239 | <seglistitem>
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240 | <seg>
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241 | aconnect, alsactl, alsaloop, alsamixer, alsatplg,
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242 | alsaucm, alsa-info.sh, amidi, amixer, aplay, aplaymidi,
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243 | arecord (symlink), arecordmidi, aseqdump, aseqnet, axfer,
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244 | iecset, and speaker-test
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245 | </seg>
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246 | <seg>
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247 | None
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248 | </seg>
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249 | <seg>
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250 | /usr/share/sounds/alsa and /var/lib/alsa
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251 | </seg>
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252 | </seglistitem>
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253 | </segmentedlist>
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254 |
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255 | <variablelist>
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256 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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257 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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258 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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259 |
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260 | <varlistentry id="aconnect">
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261 | <term><command>aconnect</command></term>
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262 | <listitem>
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263 | <para>
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264 | is a utility for connecting and disconnecting two
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265 | existing ports in the ALSA sequencer system
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266 | </para>
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267 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aconnect">
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268 | <primary sortas="b-aconnect">aconnect</primary>
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269 | </indexterm>
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270 | </listitem>
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271 | </varlistentry>
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272 |
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273 | <varlistentry id="alsactl">
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274 | <term><command>alsactl</command></term>
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275 | <listitem>
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276 | <para>
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277 | is used to control advanced settings for ALSA sound card drivers.
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278 | Use this if alsamixer cannot utilize all of your sound card's
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279 | features
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280 | </para>
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281 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsactl">
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282 | <primary sortas="b-alsactl">alsactl</primary>
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283 | </indexterm>
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284 | </listitem>
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285 | </varlistentry>
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286 |
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287 | <varlistentry id="alsaloop">
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288 | <term><command>alsaloop</command></term>
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289 | <listitem>
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290 | <para>
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291 | allows creation of a PCM loopback between a PCM capture
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292 | device and a PCM playback device
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293 | </para>
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294 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsaloop">
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295 | <primary sortas="b-alsaloop">alsaloop</primary>
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296 | </indexterm>
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297 | </listitem>
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298 | </varlistentry>
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299 |
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300 | <varlistentry id="alsamixer">
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301 | <term><command>alsamixer</command></term>
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302 | <listitem>
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303 | <para>
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304 | is an Ncurses based mixer program for use with
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305 | the ALSA sound card drivers
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306 | </para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsamixer">
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308 | <primary sortas="b-alsamixer">alsamixer</primary>
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309 | </indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | <varlistentry id="alsatplg">
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314 | <term><command>alsatplg</command></term>
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315 | <listitem>
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316 | <para>
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317 | is a utility used to compile topology configuration files into
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318 | binary files for kernel drivers
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319 | </para>
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320 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsatplg">
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321 | <primary sortas="b-alsatplg">alsatplg</primary>
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322 | </indexterm>
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323 | </listitem>
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324 | </varlistentry>
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325 |
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326 | <varlistentry id="alsaucm">
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327 | <term><command>alsaucm</command></term>
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328 | <listitem>
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329 | <para>
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330 | allows applications to access the hardware in an abstracted manner
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331 | </para>
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332 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsaucm">
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333 | <primary sortas="b-alsaucm">alsaucm</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="amidi">
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339 | <term><command>amidi</command></term>
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340 | <listitem>
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341 | <para>
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342 | is used to read from and write to ALSA
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343 | RawMIDI ports
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344 | </para>
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345 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils amidi">
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346 | <primary sortas="b-amidi">amidi</primary>
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347 | </indexterm>
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348 | </listitem>
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349 | </varlistentry>
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350 |
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351 | <varlistentry id="amixer">
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352 | <term><command>amixer</command></term>
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353 | <listitem>
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354 | <para>
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355 | allows command-line control of the mixers for the
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356 | ALSA sound card drivers
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357 | </para>
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358 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils amixer">
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359 | <primary sortas="b-amixer">amixer</primary>
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360 | </indexterm>
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361 | </listitem>
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362 | </varlistentry>
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363 |
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364 | <varlistentry id="aplay">
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365 | <term><command>aplay</command></term>
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366 | <listitem>
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367 | <para>
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368 | is a command-line soundfile player for the
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369 | ALSA sound card drivers
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370 | </para>
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371 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aplay">
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372 | <primary sortas="b-aplay">aplay</primary>
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373 | </indexterm>
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374 | </listitem>
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375 | </varlistentry>
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376 |
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377 | <varlistentry id="aplaymidi">
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378 | <term><command>aplaymidi</command></term>
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379 | <listitem>
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380 | <para>
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381 | is a command-line utility that plays the specified
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382 | MIDI file(s) to one or more ALSA sequencer ports
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383 | </para>
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384 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aplaymidi">
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385 | <primary sortas="b-aplaymidi">aplaymidi</primary>
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386 | </indexterm>
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387 | </listitem>
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388 | </varlistentry>
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389 |
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390 | <varlistentry id="arecord">
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391 | <term><command>arecord</command></term>
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392 | <listitem>
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393 | <para>
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394 | is a command-line soundfile recorder for the
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395 | ALSA sound card drivers
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396 | </para>
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397 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils arecord">
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398 | <primary sortas="b-arecord">arecord</primary>
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399 | </indexterm>
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400 | </listitem>
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401 | </varlistentry>
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402 |
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403 | <varlistentry id="arecordmidi">
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404 | <term><command>arecordmidi</command></term>
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405 | <listitem>
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406 | <para>
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407 | is a command-line utility that records a standard
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408 | MIDI file from one or more ALSA sequencer ports
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409 | </para>
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410 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils arecordmidi">
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411 | <primary sortas="b-arecordmidi">arecordmidi</primary>
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412 | </indexterm>
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413 | </listitem>
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414 | </varlistentry>
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415 |
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416 | <varlistentry id="aseqdump">
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417 | <term><command>aseqdump</command></term>
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418 | <listitem>
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419 | <para>
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420 | is a command-line utility that prints the sequencer events it
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421 | receives as text
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422 | </para>
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423 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aseqdump">
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424 | <primary sortas="b-aseqdump">aseqdump</primary>
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425 | </indexterm>
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426 | </listitem>
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427 | </varlistentry>
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428 |
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429 | <varlistentry id="aseqnet">
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430 | <term><command>aseqnet</command></term>
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431 | <listitem>
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432 | <para>
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433 | is an ALSA sequencer client which sends and
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434 | receives event packets over a network
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435 | </para>
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436 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils aseqnet">
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437 | <primary sortas="b-aseqnet">aseqnet</primary>
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438 | </indexterm>
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439 | </listitem>
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440 | </varlistentry>
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441 |
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442 | <varlistentry id="axfer">
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443 | <term><command>axfer</command></term>
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444 | <listitem>
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445 | <para>
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446 | is a command-line recorder and player used to transfer audio frames
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447 | between sound devices and files
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448 | </para>
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449 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils axfer">
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450 | <primary sortas="b-axfer">axfer</primary>
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451 | </indexterm>
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452 | </listitem>
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453 | </varlistentry>
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454 |
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455 | <varlistentry id="iecset">
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456 | <term><command>iecset</command></term>
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457 | <listitem>
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458 | <para>
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459 | is a small utility to set or dump the IEC958 (or so-called
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460 | <quote>S/PDIF</quote>) status bits of the specified sound
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461 | card via the ALSA control API
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462 | </para>
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463 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils iecset">
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464 | <primary sortas="b-iecset">iecset</primary>
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465 | </indexterm>
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466 | </listitem>
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467 | </varlistentry>
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468 |
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469 | <varlistentry id="speaker-test">
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470 | <term><command>speaker-test</command></term>
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471 | <listitem>
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472 | <para>
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473 | is a command-line speaker test tone generator for ALSA
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474 | </para>
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475 | <indexterm zone="alsa-utils speaker-test">
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476 | <primary sortas="b-speaker-test">speaker-test</primary>
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477 | </indexterm>
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478 | </listitem>
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479 | </varlistentry>
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480 |
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481 | </variablelist>
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482 |
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483 | </sect2>
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484 |
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485 | </sect1>
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