Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 2 | Linux Today

Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 2, 2007

“In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of
GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system
to help identify potentially troublesome components. This week
we’ll look at some of the command-line utilities that do similar
work. In fact, some of these utilities are the engines underneath
the more attractive GUI tools, and there may be good reasons to
employ the engines directly instead of relying upon their graphic
incarnations.

“The Linux console or terminal window (xterm or similar) is your
best friend at the start of your audio diagnostics…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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