[Tfug] No sound, Ubuntu 8.10

[arizray at comcast.net]

Thanks for the man page, it was helpful. Sound still off in spite of all my efforts so far. Hope while messing around I don't goof it up worse than it is. Must be something simple...
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 03:55:21PM +0000, arizray at comcast.net wrote:
> > I opened alsamixer and had one column showing a bar into the red
> > zone but 00 at the bottom. I'm not sure how that works.
> 
> It means that everything's fine from alsa's perspective.  See the
> alsamixer man page:
> 
> MIXER VIEWS
>        The top-left corner of alsamixer is the are to show some basic informa‐
>        tion: the card name, the mixer chip name, the current view mode and the
>        currently  selected  mixer  item.  When the mixer item is switched off,
>        [Off] is displayed in its name.
> 
>        Volume bars are located below the  basic  information  area.   You  can
>        scroll  left/right  when  all controls can’t be put in a single screen.
>        The name of each control is shown in the bottom below the volume  bars.
>        The currently selected item is drawn in red and/of emphasized.
> 
>        Each  mixer  control with volume capability shows a box and the current
>        volume filled in that box.  The volume percentages are displayed  below
>        the  volume  bar for left and right channels.  For a mono control, only
>        one value is shown there.
> 
>        When a mixer control is turned off, M (mute) appears below  the  volume
>        bar.   When it’s turned on, O in green appears instead.  You can toggle
>        the switch via m key.
> 
>        When a mixer control has capture capability, the capture  flag  appears
>        below  the  volume bar, too.  When the capture is turned off, ------ is
>        shown.  CAPTUR in red appears when the capture switch is turned on.  In
>        addition,  L  and  R  letters appear in left and right side to indicate
>        that left and the right channels are turned on.
> 
>        Some controls have the enumeration list, and don’t show boxes but  only
>        texts  which  indicate  the  currently active item.  You can change the
>        item via up/down keys.
> 
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