Multimedia :: Set Volume Muted

Did you try to startup DSL with the command "dsl alsa" ?

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ke4nt

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.

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.

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

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.

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