#1142145 aumix -q no device found

Package:
aumix
Source:
aumix
Description:
Simple text-based mixer control program
Submitter:
Carl Karsten
Date:
2026-07-15 20:27:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1142145#5
Date:
2026-07-15 19:28:11 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

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videoteam@blue:~$ aumix -q
aumix:  no device found: Success

videoteam@blue:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3253 Analog [ALC3253 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [BMD HDMI]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

videoteam@blue:~$ speaker-test

speaker-test 1.2.14

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 192 to 2097152
Period size range from 64 to 699051
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 12000
was set buffer_size = 48000
 0 - Front Left

(I hear noise, so obviously there is sound hardware.)


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#1142145#10
Date:
2026-07-15 20:25:21 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Carl Karsten, le mer. 15 juil. 2026 15:22:00 -0400, a ecrit:

Note that aumix only supports OSS drivers, not ALSA drivers. For ALSA,
you can use alsamixer. For pulseaudio, you can use pulsemixer, etc.

Samuel