alsamixer equal error

[roberco]

Hi,

I installed, ran alsamixer -D equal and get the following error.
"Unable to find label "Eq" in plugin library file "/usr/lib/ladspa/caps.so"."
Any help would be appreciated.

[patrick013]

# /etc/asound.conf file for terminal command: $alsamixer -D equal

ctl.equal {
 type equal;
}

pcm.plugequal {
  type equal;
  # Modify the line below if you do not
  # want to use sound card 0.
  #slave.pcm "plughw:0,0";
  #by default we want to play from more sources at time:
  slave.pcm "plug:dmix";
}
#pcm.equal {
  # If you don't want the equalizer to be your
  # default soundcard comment the following
  # line and uncomment the above line. (You can
  # choose it as the output device by addressing
  # it with specific apps,eg mpg123 -a equal 06.Back_In_Black.mp3)
pcm.!default {
  type plug;
  slave.pcm plugequal;
}

[roberco]

# /etc/asound.conf file for terminal command: $alsamixer -D equal

ctl.equal {
 type equal;
}

pcm.plugequal {
  type equal;
  # Modify the line below if you do not
  # want to use sound card 0.
  #slave.pcm "plughw:0,0";
  #by default we want to play from more sources at time:
  slave.pcm "plug:dmix";
}
#pcm.equal {
  # If you don't want the equalizer to be your
  # default soundcard comment the following
  # line and uncomment the above line. (You can
  # choose it as the output device by addressing
  # it with specific apps,eg mpg123 -a equal 06.Back_In_Black.mp3)
pcm.!default {
  type plug;
  slave.pcm plugequal;
}

I did that and got the following error.
ALSA lib ctl_equal.c:268_snd_ctl_equal_open) Problem with control file .alsaequal.bin, 3.
cannot open mixer: Operation not permitted

[patrick013]

Is .alsaequal.bin in your /home/user with the right permissions ?
The install should put it there.

[roberco]

Yes. This is what I got when I ran ls -l .alsaequal.bin

-rwxrwxrwx. 1 rober rober 840 Nov 22 20:15 .alsaequal.bin

[patrick013]

I don't think you have the right plugin installed.
caps is a non-gui plugin and I have the config
file for that.

alsa-plugin-equal or some similar plugin is needed.
I don't remember exactly which name Fedora calls it.

After you install the plugin run alsamixer -D equal from
a regular terminal as it says in the config file.

You've almost got it !