string typestr = "filename"
optional
+option "mixer-api" a
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+"choose the mixer API"
+ string typestr = "api"
+ optional
+ details = "
+ ALSA is preferred over OSS if both APIs are supported
+ and this option is not given. To see the supported
+ mixer APIs, use this option with an invalid string
+ as the mixer API, e.g. --mixer-api help.
+ "
+
option "mixer-device" m
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"choose mixer device"
string typestr = "device"
optional
details = "
- If this option is not given '/dev/mixer' is used as
- the default.
+ The default device (used if this option is not given)
+ depends on the selected mixer API. For ALSA, the
+ default is 'hw:0' which corresponds to the first sound
+ device. For OSS, '/dev/mixer' is used as the default.
"
option "mixer-channel" C
string typestr = "channel"
optional
details = "
- The possible values are 'volume', 'bass', 'treble',
- 'synth', 'pcm', 'speaker', 'line', 'mic', 'cd', 'imix',
- 'altpcm', 'reclev', 'igain', 'ogain'. However, not all
- listed channels might be supported on any particular
- hardware. The default mixer channel is 'volume'.
+ For the ALSA mixer API, the possible values are
+ determined at runtime depending on the hardware and
+ can be printed by specifying an invalid mixer channel,
+ for example --mixer-channel help. The default channel
+ is 'Master'.
+
+ For OSS the possible values are invariably 'volume',
+ 'bass', 'treble', 'synth', 'pcm', 'speaker', 'line',
+ 'mic', 'cd', 'imix', 'altpcm', 'reclev', 'igain',
+ 'ogain'. However, not all listed channels might be
+ supported on any particular hardware. The default
+ channel is 'volume'.
"
section "Options for sleep mode"