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I use alsaequal, it worked until a recent update, now it does this:
# alsamixer -D equal
ALSA lib ctl_equal.c:289:(_snd_ctl_equal_open) Problem with control file .alsaequal.bin.
cannot open mixer: Operation not permitted
How do I fix this?
Last edited by l0vot (2014-12-19 04:35:50)
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I stopped using alsaequal, only to find that someone had to go and re-break the oxygen driver, now I can't control volume, and have no EQ. Why even update if the update adds no functonality, stability or bug fixes and instead breaks everything.
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Nice to know, I am not alone. I experience that problem too since the latest update. Had no time to look deeper into it though.
Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
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This is probably caused by your user not being in the audio group. Have a look at usermod
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Try
gpasswd -a USER audio
then either restart getty or
su USER
and try
alsamixer -D equal
again. Replace "USER" with your username.
Last edited by Zath (2014-12-16 16:17:48)
X.org freezes from time to time (xf86-video-ati/radeon issues)
Please help if you can!
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Hey, thanks for your hints. Both users I have tried with are in the audio group.
Last edited by lynucs (2014-12-16 21:16:11)
Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
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It looks like the old .alsaequal.bin files are not compatible with current version anymore. after (re)moving old .alsaequal.bin files alsaequal works again for me.
Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
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It looks like the old .alsaequal.bin files are not compatible with current version anymore. after (re)moving old .alsaequal.bin files alsaequal works again for me.
That was it. Thanks. The Oxygen driver is still broken, but that's for a different thread.
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