Re: mixer (was: eye candy)

Re: mixer (was: eye candy)

[Ben Ford]

Caleb Shay wrote:

> I'm thinking that this may be a gmix bug as ANY other mixer I try 
> works (so I've just switched to using aumix-gtk).  However, it's 
> probably a kernel bug also since now "cat /dev/sndstat" no longer 
> returns anything. I'm assuming (though I haven't looked at the source) 
> that gmix checks sndstat to see what card(s) you have while other 
> mixers just attempt to open /dev/mixer.  gmix's solution is actually 
> better since it lets it handle multiple soundcards/mixers, so ignore 
> my first statement.  This is a kernel bug.



Are you sure of that?  I have another box that works fine, including 
gmix.  However, cat /dev/sndstat give me the no such device error.


>> This sounds as if it is a known problem.  I just installed a Progeny 
>> box for my wife and recompiled a kernel for her box.  There is sound 
>> support, but gmix won't work.  It says "no mixers found".  However, 
>> the gnome panel applet for volume will work just fine.
>>
>> What do I need to do to take care of this?
>>
>> -b
>>
>> (Yamaha YMF724, 2.4.5 kernel)
>>


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Re: mixer (was: eye candy)

[Alan Cox]

> Are you sure of that?  I have another box that works fine, including 
> gmix.  However, cat /dev/sndstat give me the no such device error.

/dev/sndstat is legacy item. Its going away soon and its incomplete now