Chris Schumann wrote: >>>When I try "alsactl power", I get "alsactl: Unknown command >>> >>> >>'power'..." so I >> >> >>>don't think that will work for me. >>> >>> ... ># rpm -qa alsa-utils >alsa-utils-1.0.12-3.fc6 > > Oh, this command was removed since 1.0.12 ... Maybe play directly with something like /sys/class/sound/*/device/power/state ?... ~buc