Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with several Creative Labs soundcards, possibly more? - Found possible solution.

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 05:47 +1100, am...@am... wrote:
> On 11/22/05, Peter Zubaj <pza...@am...> wrote:
> > Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack
> > - when this is off - analog output is used (analog speakers)
> > - when this is on - digital output is used (digital speakers)
> > It has nothing to do with stereo or mono.
> 
> Just wondering - why is it called "Mono" then? Historic mistake or accidental
> matching of name to value or what?
> 

That's just a quirk of amixer, it refers to switches as "mono" controls.
A smarter mixer app like alsamixer or gnome-volume-control will
correctly display it as a switch.

Lee