From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JkHFZ-0002IZ-7Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:16:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AABEE0651; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:16:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ercbroadband.org (mail.ercbroadband.org [152.53.1.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E7DFE0651 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:16:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) Exchange SpamAssassin Sink (www.christopherlewis.com) 1.2.76 on chapman.ercbroadband.local X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 thread-index: AcibxYn+JwCNvk9NQeaO0tZ0s+5qYA== Received: from [192.168.10.35] ([192.168.10.35] RDNS failed) by mail.ercbroadband.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:16:50 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4133 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal Message-ID: <47FF489F.6000007@ercbroadband.org> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:16:47 -0400 From: "Mark Haney" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080303) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: sudden sound loss References: <47FDFD4E.1050301@ercbroadband.org> <47FE44FC.1040905@ercbroadband.org> <5bdc1c8b0804101010l7cc95e16x44eaf3a95fa17d97@mail.gmail.com> <47FE4C4F.4030100@ercbroadband.org> <5bdc1c8b0804101043pdfacaeep2d6793d11ceac10@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0804101245t45d95992kd1397694c99e6d8@mail.gmail.com> In-reply-to: <5bdc1c8b0804101245t45d95992kd1397694c99e6d8@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Apr 2008 11:16:50.0611 (UTC) FILETIME=[89FEF830:01C89BC5] X-Archives-Salt: 7422b052-dee9-4df6-b124-6a15c87af27a X-Archives-Hash: 6a82de71304d35f7b72f7a3b15283611 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote: >> "Mark Knecht" posted >> 5bdc1c8b0804101043pdfacaeep2d6793d11ceac10@mail.gmail.com, excerpted >> below, on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:43:10 -0700: >> >> >> > I cannot even remember anymore how many times these setting have fooled >> > me. I use a lot of audio apps and they have a tendency to leave some of >> > these settings in somewhat unknown states so starting here generally >> > works for me. >> >> Same here. No one's an idiot for missing some of those obscure function >> settings with even more obscure names, once in awhile. It happens, which >> is exactly why I suggested covering the simple basics like that first. >> > > I don't know if others have the same problem I do but every time I > look at alsamixer I don't have a clue whether something is muted or > not. I generally have to hit 'm' a few times to refresh my memory of > which way it is set. > > Something about the visual design of that app doesn't automatically > trigger for me. > > - Mark Well for me, the trick in alsamixer is to look at the bottom of each 'bar graph' and see if it has 'MM' in it instead of the infinity symbol. I am pretty sure that's a standard set of symbols for that. The 'MM' is for muted' and the infinity symbol is for unmuted. -- Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support -- gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org mailing list