Set Volume Muted
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: Set Volume Muted
started by: Thanatos
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 27 2004,02:07
I've go dsl on my hda5 & got rid of the 'getting_started'. I also got it to boot enhanced. My problem is, a mess up in my CD drive or sound board cause my mouse to scratch very loudly. I keep the CD in the master volume muted & set to 0 in my Win98SE program. How can I do that in dsl?? Thanks.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 27 2004,03:17
In your wmix mixer , there is a mute button..
In this photo, it's right above the volume number, currently set at 62
Use your left/right arrows to pick your output, then click on the mute button.
Here's some more info on this app ..
< http://casper.ict.hen.nl/share_doc/wmix-3.0/README >
73
ke4nt
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 27 2004,10:05
That picture in the link helped. I can't hardly make out the panel on my computer. I keep the screen set darker than most people. If I mute it before shutdown, will it be saved?? Thanks. 
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 27 2004,20:00
It doesn't save. How do I get all my settings saved on exit?? Thanks.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Sep. 29 2004,21:22
I'd try reading up on a file called " .wmixrc " which should reside in your /home/dsl directory and hold your settings
over a reset/reboot.
73
ke4nt
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 29 2004,21:52
Thank you very much. I'll read up on that. One day, hopefully soon, I'll understand linux. Thanks.
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 30 2004,15:18
I think I found the answer. It was in another thread. This is the link: < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....hl=wmix > . I am going to boot back into dsl & see if it works. I'll set the CD (-c) to 0. Thanks for your time & trouble 
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 30 2004,18:13
OK, I don't have the 'aumix'. I replaced that with 'wmix'. When I rebooted, it told me that they were illegal procedures. I guess I need to find the plan for 'wmix'. Let you know when I get it solved.
Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 30 2004,22:08
Install the alsadeb.dsl extension. It includes aumix.
Posted by Thanatos on Sep. 30 2004,22:22
OK. I'll dig & find it online. Then maybe I can figure how to do the install thing. Can't stop thing dos long enough to learn linux. I'll die trying though. Thanks for your time.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 01 2004,02:09
cbagger01, do you know where I could download that extension? I dug online & read about it, but can't find it to download. I check the main dsl site, but cant find it there either. Thank you & sorry for all the trouble.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 01 2004,16:41
I found a couple other audio programs that might work. Soon as I learn enough linux to install them, I should be able to solve the problem. Is there any way I can keep it from opening at all on startup?? Thanks for your time.
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 01 2004,18:29
Go to the www.damnsmalllinux.org home pageClick on the words "The myDSL repository is now online!"
Click on the words "Testing Area"
Right-click on the words "alsadebs.dsl" and choose "Save target as..." and save the file.
When download is complete, click on the word "info" next to the alsadebs.dsl link and read the instructions in the info file.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 01 2004,18:56
Thank you very much. I didn't see the Testing Area. I run 800x600 background & didn't look at the whole page. I keep studying, so eventually, I'll be able to offer help. Thanks again.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 01 2004,23:59
I flubbed up!! I download alsadebs & also, dsl-dpkg & gnu-utils. I installed dsl-dpkg, then gnu-utils & then did alsa. I looked through the folders & found the alsa folder with install in it. I ran config & then install. Rebooted & nada. I went back to the large desktop with nothing on it & an open fluxbox menu with: fluxbox menu, xterm, restart & exit on it. Restart just flickers the screen. I guess I'll just reformate that drive & start over. I was able to use "Explore2fs" to copy the whole linux drive to a Win drive. Should make setting things up easier. Well, this is how I learned dos & windows. Whole lot of mess-ups & re-installs. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Oct. 02 2004,01:55
Did you try to startup DSL with the command "dsl alsa" ?73
ke4nt
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 02 2004,02:03
I did that & it got worse. Scratching & feedback noise from mouse. Volume must have been in boost mode. It's simple enough to re-install dsl. I saved my modified dsl-hdinstall on a floppy. Should be able to load it from there, so I don't have to use the ramdisk. Live & Learn. Thanks.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 03 2004,15:23
OK, I re-installed & replaced some files with the ones I had saved. Kept me from doing so much editing. I installed gnu-utils & rebooted. Then I installed dsl-dpkg & rebooted. Last I installed alsadebs.dsl & rebooted. I typed 'dsl alsa' and hit enter. When I got to the desktop, I no longer had my 'xterm' or 'emelfm' icons. I opened emelfm & went to a sound folder to test. No sound. It told me sound card wasn't configured. I opened the toolbox & reconfigured the sound card. Still nothing. How can I uninstall alsa & go back to how it was before? I'd rather have to mute the CD every time, than have no sound. I have an old Yamaha DS-XG sound card for now. Maybe when I get my new one alsa will work right. Thanks & sorry for the trouble.
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 03 2004,21:11
You should not need to uninstall Alsa.All you need to do is to not use it anymore.
So if you don't boot with the command "dsl alsa", it should use the old soundcard driver that you were using before.
Also, aumix is still installed so you can still use the aumix command to mute your volume at boot time.
If you really wish to completely remove the Alsa packages, go to the /opt/alsadebs directory and list the filenames of the packages.
Then you should be able to remove the packages one-by-one if you open an xterm and type:
sudo su
apt-get remove lspci
apt-get remove knx-alsa
... etc
exit
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 03 2004,21:24
Redo is easier. I just re-installed & didn't do the alsa thing this time. Can I fix a way aumix starts with volume muted?? It would save my ears on reboot. Thanks for your time.
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 03 2004,21:38
Try adding an "aumix" command to your /opt/bootlocal.sh file.Check out the aumix man page and other comments listed in this thread for more details:
< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....hl=wmix >
From the info provided, something like:
aumix -v0
should do the trick.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 03 2004,23:34
Thanks!! I'll try that as soon as I re-install. I seem to be extremely good at learning how to not do things. Only way I know to learn, just keep trying 'til it works. Thanks.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 04 2004,10:50
I'll try it today. I changed a couple things last night & screwed up again. Had to do a redo this morning. Was too late last night. Sleeping pills make it hard to think straight. Wish me luck.
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 04 2004,13:52
I tried putting aumix in the bootlocal. It gave me an error of some kind while rebooting. It flashed by too fast to read. I tried changing it to: /usr/bin/aumix & still with the error. I looked around & found the readme for aumix & went to the page it had in it. That site won't load. Is there anyway without linux internet, that I can get the aumix program to install in dsl?? Thanks for the help & sorry for the trouble.
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 04 2004,16:34
You need to do more than run aumix at boot time.You need something more like:
/usr/bin/aumix -v0 &
You should try using the command from an xterminal until you can test and prove that you have the syntax correct.
Then take this line and add it to your /opt/bootlocal.sh
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 04 2004,18:02
Thanks. I can barely do programing in Windows. Linux is a whole different world. In time I'll get it. I hate being a newbie!!
Posted by Thanatos on Oct. 05 2004,00:04
I did it right this time. Still nothing. All that I have in /usr/bin is a empty folder named aumix. I'll just deal with it for now. I think I'd rather invest time in learning linux better. Then maybe I can fix it on my own. Thanks.