[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#286194: alsamixer: please add command-line control of startup mode

[Reuben Thomas]

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.7-2
Severity: wishlist


Since 1.0.7 alsamixer starts up by default in Playback mode. This is
most annoying as I frequently want to mess with my capture devices. A
command-line option giving the mode (playback, capture or channels) to
start up in would be most useful.

BTW, the help screen implies in its description of RETURN that
channels mode is still the default, though that is no longer the case.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  alsa-base                 1.0.7-2        ALSA driver configuration files
ii  dialog                    1.0-20041118-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  libasound2                1.0.6-5        ALSA library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-18   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5               5.4-4          Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  module-init-tools         3.1-rel-2      tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                  2.4.26-1.1     Linux module utilities
ii  pciutils                  1:2.1.11-15    Linux PCI Utilities
ii  whiptail                  0.51.6-20      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

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