ALSACTL(1) General Commands Manual ALSACTL(1) (NAME) alsactl - ALSA (SYNOPSIS) alsactl [] [store|restore|init] < > alsactl monitor < > alsactl info < > alsactl [clean] < > [[ ]] (DESCRIPTION) alsactl ALSA . . . (COMMANDS) (Introduction) . . store . restore . ( ) init . nrestore restore . init . 99 . daemon . rdaemon daemon . kill (quit rescan save_and_quit). monitor . info ( ) YAML . clean [filter] . . . : alsactl clean 0 "name='PCM'" "name='Mic Phantom'" dump-state ( ) (stdout) . dump-cfg ( ) (stdout) . (configuration hooks) . (OPTIONS) -h, --help : . -d, --debug : . -v, --version alsactl . -f, --file . /var/lib/alsa/asound.state . -a, --config-dir / (hotplug) ALSA . /var/lib/alsa . -l, --lock ( ). -L, --no-lock ( ). -O, --lock-state-file . -F, --force restore . . . -g, --ignore store restore init . 'No soundcards found' . -P, --pedantic restore . . . -I, --no-init-fallback . 1.0.18 alsactl restore . . . -r, --runstate restore init . . . -R, --remove runstate . -E, --env #=# ( init ALSA_CONFIG_PATH - "" ). -i, --initfile init. PREFIX/share/alsa/init/00main . -p, --period daemon. -e, --pid-file (PID) HDB UUCP ( - ASCII). -b, --background . -s, --syslog syslog . -n, --nice ( 'man nice' ). -c, --sched-idle (SCHED_IDLE) . -D, --ucm-defaults 'defaults' UCM . 'once' . -U, --no-ucm UCM . (legacy) . (FILES) /var/lib/alsa/asound.state ( -f ) . . alsactl . alsactl store . ( / / MIDI ). (SEE ALSO) amixer(1), alsamixer(1), aplay(1), alsactl_init(7) (BUGS) . (AUTHORS) alsactl Jaroslav Kysela Abramo Bagnara . Paul Winkler . 07 May 2014 ALSACTL(1)