how to avoid pointless sound card problems

[cb88]

ADD ALSAMIXER TO THE MENU

just take /usr/share/applications/Zmixer-sound-mixer.desktop

and Edit it so Zmixer references are changed to AlsaMixer

then change the exec= line to exec=xterm -e alsamixer

and set Terminal=true

then save it as /usr/share/aplications/AlsaMixer-sound-mixer.desktop

This should have been in puppy YEARS ago..... would have saved MANY forum posts

[tempestuous]

Yes, only alsamixer can be relied upon to show the full range of settings for your sound card.

"xterm" might just as well be "rxvt". And to launch a larger terminal window for alsamixer you can specify the geometry of rxvt, like this -

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exec=rxvt -geometry 100x30 -e alsamixer

You could also add AlsaMixer to the Menu, by adding this line to /root/.jwmrc

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<Program label="AlsaMixer sound mixer" icon="mini-sound.xpm">rxvt -geometry 100x30 -e alsamixer</Program>