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From: Andy Lo A Foe <arloafoe@cs.vu.nl>
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Subject: Re: Questions on amixer and alsamixer
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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Paul Winkler wrote:

> amixer:
> ------
> 
> What exactly does the -d flag select? I get an error if I use anything
> but the default (0). Is this for special types of soundcards?

This is to select a specific mixer interface (i.e. if you have more than
one soundcard in your box, or maybe one soundcard with multiple
mixers).

Thanks,
Andy
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