--- alsamixer.c.prev	2005-12-16 11:44:14.000000000 -0700
+++ alsamixer.c	2006-04-01 11:09:25.734428500 -0700
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 static int	 mixer_level = 0;
 static struct snd_mixer_selem_regopt mixer_options;
 
+static int	xdirection = 0;
+
 /* mixer bar channel : left or right */
 #define MIXER_CHN_LEFT		0
 #define MIXER_CHN_RIGHT		1
@@ -1920,7 +1922,8 @@
   if (err != count)
     mixer_abort (ERR_FCN, "snd_mixer_poll_descriptors (err != count)", 0);
   
-  finished = poll(fds, count + 1, -1);
+  //finished = poll(fds, count + 1, -1);
+  finished = 1; /* */
 
   /* don't abort on handled signals */
   if (finished < 0 && errno == EINTR)
@@ -1929,8 +1932,15 @@
     mixer_resize ();
 
   if (finished > 0) {
-    if (fds->revents & POLLIN) {
-      key = getch ();
+    if (1 || fds->revents & POLLIN) {
+      //key = getch ();
+      if (xdirection) {
+        key = KEY_LEFT;
+      } else {
+        key = KEY_RIGHT;
+      }
+      usleep(30000);
+      //usleep(1000000);
       finished--;
     }
   } else {
@@ -2230,8 +2240,17 @@
   
   if (! mixer_n_view_elems)
     mixer_focus_elem = 0;
-  else
+  else {
+    if (mixer_focus_elem <= 0)
+      xdirection = 0; /* right */
+    if (mixer_focus_elem >= mixer_n_view_elems - 1) {
+      //xdirection = 1; /* left */
+    }
+    if (mixer_focus_elem >= mixer_n_view_elems) {
+      mixer_focus_elem = 0;
+    }
     mixer_focus_elem = CLAMP (mixer_focus_elem, 0, mixer_n_view_elems - 1);
+  }
   
   return finished;
 }