Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer app...
on my C5 box(es), double click on the speaker icon in the top panel and I get a mixer app appears on the screen.
My new C6 box doesn't do that. I've installed all the PULSEAUDIO RPMS I can find, but still nothing.
what am I missing here?
thanks!
Fred
On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:18:59 -0500 Fred wrote:
Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer app...
It shows up in the Notification Area on your panel. If you don't have a Notification Area on your panel, then you won't see it.
On 2013-02-24, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer app...
on my C5 box(es), double click on the speaker icon in the top panel and I get a mixer app appears on the screen.
My new C6 box doesn't do that. I've installed all the PULSEAUDIO RPMS I can find, but still nothing.
what am I missing here?
thanks!
Fred
The speaker icon is provided by the gnome-media package. To get the mixer, right-click on the icon and select 'Sound Preferences'. Or just run the gnome-volume-control command directly.
sigh.
Frank, what is it that appears in the notification area? the speaker icon? I have that.
Liam, that's not the tool I'm asking about.
On c5 (and a prior installation of C6 on different hardware) I could get a mixer to appear by double-clicking the speaker icon. this had sliders for all the various input and output devices, like MASTER, PCM, CD, etc. now I can't get it and don't know what to do to get it. As far as I recall I never did anything special on the other systems, it just worked.
Further clues appreciated.
Fred
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Liam O'Toole liam.p.otoole@gmail.comwrote:
On 2013-02-24, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer
app...
on my C5 box(es), double click on the speaker icon in the top panel and I get a mixer app appears on the screen.
My new C6 box doesn't do that. I've installed all the PULSEAUDIO RPMS I
can
find, but still nothing.
what am I missing here?
thanks!
Fred
The speaker icon is provided by the gnome-media package. To get the mixer, right-click on the icon and select 'Sound Preferences'. Or just run the gnome-volume-control command directly.
--
Liam
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On Sunday 24 February 2013, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
On c5 (and a prior installation of C6 on different hardware) I could get a mixer to appear by double-clicking the speaker icon. this had sliders for all the various input and output devices, like MASTER, PCM, CD, etc. now I can't get it and don't know what to do to get it. As far as I recall I never did anything special on the other systems, it just worked.
kmix, from kdemultimedia?
On 2013-02-24, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
sigh.
Frank, what is it that appears in the notification area? the speaker icon? I have that.
Liam, that's not the tool I'm asking about.
On c5 (and a prior installation of C6 on different hardware) I could get a mixer to appear by double-clicking the speaker icon. this had sliders for all the various input and output devices, like MASTER, PCM, CD, etc. now I can't get it and don't know what to do to get it. As far as I recall I never did anything special on the other systems, it just worked.
Further clues appreciated.
Fred
For a system running pulseaudio, the closest equivalent I can think of is pavucontrol. But CentOS doesn't ship it. I just use alsamixer.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Liam O'Toole liam.p.otoole@gmail.comwrote:
On 2013-02-24, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer
app...
on my C5 box(es), double click on the speaker icon in the top panel and I get a mixer app appears on the screen.
My new C6 box doesn't do that. I've installed all the PULSEAUDIO RPMS I
can
find, but still nothing.
what am I missing here?
thanks!
Fred
The speaker icon is provided by the gnome-media package. To get the mixer, right-click on the icon and select 'Sound Preferences'. Or just run the gnome-volume-control command directly.
--
Liam
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Liam O'Toole liam.p.otoole@gmail.com wrote:
On 2013-02-24, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
sigh.
Frank, what is it that appears in the notification area? the speaker icon? I have that.
Liam, that's not the tool I'm asking about.
On c5 (and a prior installation of C6 on different hardware) I could get a mixer to appear by double-clicking the speaker icon. this had sliders for all the various input and output devices, like MASTER, PCM, CD, etc. now I can't get it and don't know what to do to get it. As far as I recall I never did anything special on the other systems, it just worked.
Further clues appreciated.
Fred
For a system running pulseaudio, the closest equivalent I can think of is pavucontrol. But CentOS doesn't ship it. I just use alsamixer.
ah, having done some digging, it appears that what I'm accustomed to seeing on C5 is "mixer_applet2", which is apparently a gnome utility.
it doesn't seem to be available in C6 (presumably Gnome dropped it in the Gnome version used on EL6).
it's a useful tool, lets me adjust the volumes of various inputs and outputs SEPARATELY from the single volume slider that is a panel applet, so I can get sane volume levels from all devices.
on my C6 system without it, some devices are enormously loud and some are not, for any given slider setting, and it's a pain in the rear.
I've got alsamixer (and alsamixergui) and they only show two sliders, one which is the same as the panel applet with single slider (you move of of them and the other moves with it) and one slider for input.
I can't find a pulseaudio mixer or volume control anywhere, either.
On my netbook (running Fedora 17 with MATE desktop) I've got mate-volume-control, which looks pretty much exactly like the tool I'm accustomed to, but I don't suppose I could expect it to run (and work properly) on EL6.
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
Thanks!
Fred
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Liam O'Toole liam.p.otoole@gmail.comwrote:
On 2013-02-24, Fred fred.fredex@gmail.com wrote:
Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer
app...
on my C5 box(es), double click on the speaker icon in the top panel and I get a mixer app appears on the screen.
My new C6 box doesn't do that. I've installed all the PULSEAUDIO RPMS I
can
find, but still nothing.
what am I missing here?
thanks!
Fred
The speaker icon is provided by the gnome-media package. To get the mixer, right-click on the icon and select 'Sound Preferences'. Or just run the gnome-volume-control command directly.
--
Liam
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
Frank:
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
the way it is working for me, it's not a bit better than just depending on the volume slider the pops up when I click the speaker icon on the top panel.
something more fully-featured sure would be nice.
Fred
Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
the way it is working for me, it's not a bit better than just depending on the volume slider the pops up when I click the speaker icon on the top panel.
something more fully-featured sure would be nice.
What happens when you hit <f5>? I get two controls....
mark
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:21:44PM -0500, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
the way it is working for me, it's not a bit better than just depending on the volume slider the pops up when I click the speaker icon on the top panel.
something more fully-featured sure would be nice.
What happens when you hit <f5>? I get two controls....
mark
nothing much,... all the desktop icons blink and nothing else that I can see.
Fred
Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:21:44PM -0500, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
<snip>
What happens when you hit <f5>? I get two controls....
nothing much,... all the desktop icons blink and nothing else that I can see.
Huh? Did you run alsamixer, and, while in it, hit <f5>? <f6>, and choose your sound card, gets me a bunch of controls.
mark
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 05:31:34PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:21:44PM -0500, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
the way it is working for me, it's not a bit better than just depending on the volume slider the pops up when I click the speaker icon on the top panel.
something more fully-featured sure would be nice.
What happens when you hit <f5>? I get two controls....
marknothing much,... all the desktop icons blink and nothing else that I can see.
OH DUH!
you meant hit F5 while in alsamixer! DUH!
it just shows me "master" and "capture". same things I get in alsamixergui.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 05:35:00PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 05:31:34PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:21:44PM -0500, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
the way it is working for me, it's not a bit better than just depending on the volume slider the pops up when I click the speaker icon on the top panel.
something more fully-featured sure would be nice.
What happens when you hit <f5>? I get two controls....
marknothing much,... all the desktop icons blink and nothing else that I can see.
OH DUH!
you meant hit F5 while in alsamixer! DUH!
it just shows me "master" and "capture". same things I get in alsamixergui.
Ah. Eureka!
Hit F6 and it offers two choices, "default" and "HDA ATI SB". Chose the second one and suddenly 12 channels pop up!
but it's still weird...
I can adjust the volume (only 2 channel stereo) by tweaking "master", "pcm" or "front".
but the instant I touch the volume conrol in vlc (probably others too, but vlc is what's running at the moment), or the volume slider applet on the panel, "pcm" and "front" jump to 100%causing a huge jump in volume. I don't recall that the applet I've been using for years on C5 worked that way. this is a pain.
Thanks for the advice and hand-holding, guys!
Fred
In my system, alsamixer show me this:
Card: PulseAudio F1: Help │ Chip: PulseAudio F2: System information │ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card │ Item: Master Esc: Exit │ │ │ ┌──┐ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ ├──┤ │ │ │OO│ │ │ └──┘ │ │ 100<>100 │ │ < Master
│
└───────────────────────────────────────
and then with F6, I can see all sound cards drivers : Sound Card ──────┐ │- (default) │ │0 HDA ATI SB │ │1 HDA ATI HDMI │ │ enter device name...│ └─────────────── this point, I select the first option, which bring all mixer options for this driver. 2013/2/27 Fred Smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 01:14:12PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:13 -0500 Fred wrote:
What do all the rest of you do to solve this problem?
alsamixer
Frank:
what does your alsamixer look like? mine has a single slider for output, does your have more than that?
the way it is working for me, it's not a bit better than just depending on the volume slider the pops up when I click the speaker icon on the top panel.
something more fully-featured sure would be nice.
Fred
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Fred wrote:
Just bringing up a Centos-6 (x86_64, FWIW) and I can't find the mixer app...
on my C5 box(es), double click on the speaker icon in the top panel and I get a mixer app appears on the screen.
My new C6 box doesn't do that. I've installed all the PULSEAUDIO RPMS I can find, but still nothing.
what am I missing here?
thanks!
Fred
You could install either gnome-alsamixer or gamix. Both are available in the Linuxtech repo for Centos 6.
http://pkgrepo.linuxtech.net/el6/release/
These are both traditional ALSA mixers that ignore Pulseaudio and provide you directly with the hardware audio controls.
If (like myself) you have no use for Pulseaudio then you might consider uninstalling it, I wrote a HOW-TO about it here: http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=618
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