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9 <title>Soundcard Information
</title>
13 <author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;
</author>
14 <author>&Helge.Deller;
</author>
15 <author>&Duncan.Haldane;
</author>
16 <author>&Mike.McBride;
</author>
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20 <date>2002-
02-
12</date>
21 <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
24 <keyword>KDE
</keyword>
25 <keyword>KControl
</keyword>
26 <keyword>soundcard
</keyword>
27 <keyword>system information
</keyword>
31 <sect1 id=
"soundinfo">
33 <title>Soundcard Information
</title>
35 <para>This page displays information about any soundcards installed in the
38 <note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some
39 systems, soundcard information cannot be displayed yet.
</para></note>
41 <para>On
&Linux;, this information is read either from
<filename
42 class=
"devicefile">/dev/sndstat
</filename>, if present, or from
43 <filename class=
"devicefile">/proc/sound
</filename>, which is only
44 available if the
<filename class=
"directory">/proc
</filename>
45 pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the (
2.1.x or later) kernel.
</para>
47 <para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.
</para>