Sound card issues

[Janina Sajka]

Have you consulted Gene Collins' excellent ALSA HOWTO available on the S[peakup site?

Have you consulted the ALSA documentation to determine whether the features you're looking for are supported on this particular card?

As to your last question--have you tried the Zinf home page for answers? Have you used Google to search for these answers?

Tip: Put "zinf Debian" into the search field on Google and see what salutes.

Vic Beckley writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am having several sound card issues I would like some help with, but first some general info about my system.  I am running Debian 3.0 R2 with kernel 2.6.6 with the latest CVS of Speakup with ltlk and sftsyn compiled into the kernel.  I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and am using the ALSA drivers compiled into the kernel.  I have a 5.1 surround sound speaker system connected to the card.  I have gotten the system to play CDs but only through the front speakers.  Now here are my questions.
> 
> Now that the ALSA drivers are part of the kernel, where is the sound card information stored?  What file can I edit to make changes to this info?
> 
> What is a good mixer program?  I am using Rexima now.  It works fine when I use it as root but when I use it as my local user I get the message that it could not open the mixer.  I have set the permissions on the mixer with the command chmod +rw /dev/mixer.  What might cause this.
> 
> How can I save my mixer settings and get them to load on startup?  Now they are always set to 0 when the system starts.
> 
> How can I get the rear speakers to be used?
> 
> I saw in a message that Greg mentioned that Freeamp is now Zinf.  Is there a Debian package for this?  Where do you get it?
> 
> Help with any of these issues would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards from Ohio, U.S.A.
> Vic
> MailTo:vbeckley at wilkshire.net 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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