From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC2ED1382C5 for ; Fri, 15 May 2020 02:40:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 59501E0BD9; Fri, 15 May 2020 02:40:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk1-x732.google.com (mail-qk1-x732.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::732]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3393E09B1 for ; Fri, 15 May 2020 02:40:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk1-x732.google.com with SMTP id f189so1141126qkd.5 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 19:40:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=FerneRo2RjTTW9uqAOC+k6hFWriid3FJacDLMYHbLa8=; b=K2gumUvWXjV6YNLVqSgQn1yLY6bnhZTIgMOR0sCh05JapSNVr1vyHNyuKdA28DjRKn PxCm810/PoSi5Fbpgj4WsHWX+362pcrkCLtUqoJr1he9+eo/VDVCsllLWTO2I1+8YU1z VxeAtD+MSCnFqudk5zTK3Hi2wRdUN0de159+gbv07ExULgrpBGcLmigJVF1I7bCMXSVD 9WNULOWCe6znBf8si8sEoC7/5RXv1XnwwIG5QVyvwMD6OvNpM64w4qyYFyF+lyDPGFR6 YQr8u+PifBxYSqQO+8sVs0WxtjTI3jTUfD2igL6rnsYIPPNO9+NRPyfDy6+WNK4rBD84 sd9Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=FerneRo2RjTTW9uqAOC+k6hFWriid3FJacDLMYHbLa8=; b=fHIz4WRMxkEt5W+js5IWfqhA1mFLiB5pVSXV4qbJvnXbFYB7azLyq8AxRZ72Kalbxr Htk5p252/cokKa1H1IEDpbI2jWGpM/ImbTvSNYO5b+kLBJSO5CkjvHqANS3l3o0Tplb+ 7IzodQJDluc8CMVP6ZDrIET0xzwq/ZDK0nfTWQ+aZyROU7q99FbrUt+9RLoBmLzdKtcR imTG0UfwldFw9FqEs6F/rsPogSioU7am2ljhnvyJIzyvjMzZMGZfCt5LSBnQUas1WBQJ fn7SEfXqMGBTIyQGpQ3wYbsgUxg8nhLy5WnOFTD+CbuF4yHf85PBdLZ+VUaHm8+P9TPT SOSA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532diOzYvFVouJqWLjA2YG1HF2yWs00yC2FeYnxKixwYEVjw+P0p NFIfyWMe2qt80vxiFFmNowNPpNQ4VhPAdsTvtgTUOOTe X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxg30dI/JJN5itiaXQDoPPeiV9Ux/xHuWcZW6oUOs9Pg3PF3wDN1pte/WGPSsEu1dAMTlV/8QAfmubicfJEUfE= X-Received: by 2002:a37:a0c6:: with SMTP id j189mr1352780qke.226.1589510419643; Thu, 14 May 2020 19:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Mark Knecht Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 19:40:07 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alsamixer To: Gentoo User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ee1b9105a5a6bbc0" X-Archives-Salt: 03d80a02-31fe-48a2-b56b-ab525a88f0b3 X-Archives-Hash: 0f5d091ac42f227619104cbc83e03e87 --000000000000ee1b9105a5a6bbc0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Excuse top post. Responding from phone. 1) what desktop environment? 2) what shows up under /proc/around/cards? 3) what are the speakers plugged into? Mark On Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:51 PM Alan Grimes wrote: > I don't really know why sound is working on my machine rn. > > I think there is some kind of embedded USB bus AMD thingy that generates > some digital stream that is simply played by a set of DACs on my mobo. > The chipset listed in the motherboard manual seems irrelevant. > > The capacitor in my speakers is dying again, I bought these speakers > back in 2006 and have hardly ever turned them off since. So they don't > have much gain anymore, So I need some boost from the card.... > > Because I need to change a setting, alsamixer just dies when I try to > configure it. When I try to select USB audio, the thing instantly > crashes to desktop. > > atg@tortoise ~ $ alsamixer > cannot load mixer controls: Broken pipe > atg@tortoise ~ $ > > B L E H ! ! ! ! > > -- > The vaccine is a LIE. > > Powers are not rights. > > > > > --000000000000ee1b9105a5a6bbc0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Excuse top post. Responding from phone.

1) what desktop environment?

2) what shows up under /proc/ar= ound/cards?

3) what are = the speakers plugged into?

Mark

On Thu, May 14, 2020, 5:51 PM Alan Grimes <alonzotg@verizon.net> wrote:
<= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px= #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I don't really know why sound is working = on my machine rn.

I think there is some kind of embedded USB bus AMD thingy that generates some digital stream that is simply played by a set of DACs on my mobo.
The chipset listed in the motherboard manual seems irrelevant.

The capacitor in my speakers is dying again, I bought these speakers
back in 2006 and have hardly ever turned them off since. So they don't<= br> have much gain anymore, So I need some boost from the card....

Because I need to change a setting, alsamixer just dies when I try to
configure it. When I try to select USB audio, the thing instantly
crashes to desktop.

atg@tortoise ~ $ alsamixer
cannot load mixer controls: Broken pipe
atg@tortoise ~ $

B L E H ! ! ! !

--
The vaccine is a LIE.

Powers are not rights.




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