LinuxDoors 1.52
The ALSA sound tools are now part of LinuxDoors: play and record from a terminal, set volumes with a full-screen mixer, and test speakers. Volume settings are saved when you shut down and restored when you boot.
Released October 20, 2026
ISO 2.56 GB
Kernel 7.2.11
5everyday sound tools: aplay, arecord, amixer, alsamixer, speaker-test
0failed services on boot, BIOS and UEFI
0packages pending after install --
pkg update is clean↓Get it
Already installed
sudo pkg update sudo pkg install alsa-utils
Coming from v1.50 or earlier? Follow the v1.51 steps first for working sound.
♫What you can do with it
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| alsamixer | A full-screen volume mixer in the terminal. Arrow keys pick a control and change it; M mutes or unmutes. |
| speaker-test -c 2 -t wav | Says "front left", "front right" through each speaker in turn, to check the wiring. Ctrl+C stops it. |
| aplay -l | Lists the sound cards LinuxDoors found. |
| aplay file.wav | Plays a WAV file. |
| arecord -d 5 test.wav | Records five seconds from the microphone. |
| amixer | Shows or changes volumes from a script, e.g. amixer set Master 80%. |
These play through PulseAudio when it's running, like every other program, so they don't take the sound card away from your music or browser.
| Package | Version | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| alsa-utilsNew | 1.2.16 | Built as the BLFS book describes. Includes alsactl and its startup service, which saves your volume levels at shutdown and puts them back at boot. |
✓How it was tested
The v1.52 ISO was booted in a virtual machine with a sound card, in BIOS and UEFI mode.
- PassedBoth boots reach the desktop with no failed services;
pkg updatefinds nothing to update. - Passed
aplay -llists the sound card;amixershows its Master and Capture controls. - Passed
aplayplayed audio to the card,speaker-testran through both channels, andarecordrecorded, all without errors. - Passed
alsactl storesaved the mixer state, and the restore service ran at boot. - PassedEvery sound tool finds all of its libraries; the full missing-library check is identical to v1.51.