Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: sudden sound loss

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:
> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com> 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
>
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