[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#286192: alsamixer: please document new display modes

[Reuben Thomas]

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


When using alsamixer 1.0.7 for the first time I panicked because I
couldn't see my capture devices any more!

A little googling found the answer, but the man page should mention
this, and it should also mention how to switch views. Not even
README.alsamixer contains this information. From reading the source it
seems straightforward:

F1 gives help

and the rest of the keys can be found on the help screen.

-- 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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