savemixer(8)

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version 4.2-build2020 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu noble

💖 savemixer(8) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is from the OSS System Administration Commands family, and honestly? she's a little icon. let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

savemixer — an Open Sound System program for saving and restoring mixer settings. yes, both. she multi-tasks. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

savemixer [-LVv] [-f <fname>]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the whole vibe of savemixer is: it saves your mixer settings. and because she's generous, she can also load saved mixer settings back into the mixer. round trip, no cap. 🦋

if you run this program with no parameters at all, she just quietly saves your current mixer settings into /var/lib/oss4/mixer.save — or into the $OSSVARDIR/mixer.save file, if you've got a different OSSVARDIR situation going on.

and how does she know what OSSVARDIR is? by reading /etc/oss.conf, bestie. and if nothing there says otherwise, it just defaults to /var/lib/oss4. simple. iconic. 💜

🔥 AUTOMATIC SAVE 🔥

here's the thing you need to know: by default, the soundoff command will automatically run savemixer to save the active mixer settings. so she's already out here doing the work, saving your stuff, unbothered. 👑

if you'd rather she didn't do that? go read the manual page for soundoff(1) and turn the feature off. your choice, babe.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -f<fname> — use <fname> as the setting file. that's it, that's the option. 🎀
  • -L — loads saved mixer and device map information from mixer.save. the comeback era. 😌
  • -V — version information. she'll tell you who she is. 💁
  • -v — verbose output. she will talk. 🗣️

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

soundoff(1), soundon(1), ossdetect(1), ossdevlinks(1), ossmix(1), ossxmix(1)

go give the whole squad a read, they're all doing their part 🫶

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /etc/oss.conf
  • /usr/sbin/savemixer
  • /var/lib/oss4/mixer.save
  • /var/lib/oss4/dspdevs.map
  • /var/lib/oss4/applist.conf

👑 AUTHOR 👑

4Front Technologies

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this one was brought to you by 4Front Technologies, dated 11 February 2015, from the OSS System Administration Commands lineup — and no, I did not skip a single detail, because that's just not the kind of girl I am. periodt. 💅✨

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