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From: Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com>
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Subject: Re: Questions on amixer and alsamixer
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Thanks for the quick replies. Sorry I've been out of the loop for a few
days.

Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Paul Winkler wrote:
(snip)
> > 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 mixer device.. One soundcard should have up to two mixers in
> ALSA driver..

OK, evidently my card has only one mixer. But I still don't understand:
if I had a second mixer, what would it be for? Why would one soundcard
need two mixers? Does anyone on this list have a soundcard that works
this way?

Regards,

PW

