Usage: alsactl command global options: -h,--help this help -d,--debug debug mode -v,--version print version of this program Available state options: -f,--file # configuration file (default /var/lib/alsa/asound.state) -G,--group-file # card group configuration file (default /var/lib/alsa/card-group.state) -a,--config-dir # boot / hotplug configuration directory (default /var/lib/alsa) -l,--lock use file locking to serialize concurrent access -L,--no-lock do not use file locking to serialize concurrent access -K,--lock-dir # lock path (default /var/lock) -O,--lock-state-file # state lock file path (default asound.state.lock) -F,--force try to restore the matching controls as much as possible (default mode) -g,--ignore ignore 'No soundcards found' error -P,--pedantic do not restore mismatching controls (old default) -I,--no-init-fallback don't initialize even if restore fails -r,--runstate # save restore and init state to this file (only errors) default settings is 'no file set' -R,--remove remove runstate file at first, otherwise append errors -Y,--export export card state as key=value pairs (restore command only) -p,--period # store period in seconds for the daemon command -e,--pid-file # pathname for the process id (daemon mode) Available init options: -E,--env #=# set environment variable for init phase (NAME=VALUE) -i,--initfile # main configuation file for init phase (default /usr/share/alsa/init/00main) -b,--background run daemon in background -s,--syslog use syslog for messages -n,--nice # set the process priority (see 'man nice') -c,--sched-idle set the process scheduling policy to idle (SCHED_IDLE) -D,--ucm-defaults execute also the UCM 'defaults' section -U,--no-ucm don't init with UCM -m,--force-ucm-restore force UCM restore for boot card groups -X,--ucm-nodev show UCM no device errors Available commands: store save current driver setup for one or each soundcards to configuration file restore load current driver setup for one or each soundcards from configuration file nrestore like restore, but notify the daemon to rescan soundcards wrestore wait for card ready, then restore init initialize driver to a default state daemon store state periodically for one or each soundcards rdaemon like daemon but do the state restore at first kill notify daemon to quit, rescan or save_and_quit monitor monitor control events info general information clean clean application controls dump-state dump the state (for all cards) dump-cfg dump the configuration (expanded, for all cards)