Sound, WTF?

[Robert Dege]

That file "should" get read by the alsa init.d script upon boot.  Perhaps
with Mandrake, they use a different file.  Check out /etc/init.d/alsasound
& grep for alsactl.  There should be a line like:

# alsactl -f $FILE_HERE restore

-Rob

> Rob, tried that command to no avail,
> it refuses to keep the settings. When I cat the file
>  /etc/asound.state all the settings appear to be
> correct. I think that it isn't loading. Is it supposed
> to load as part of the alsa module?
>
> --- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> >
> >
> > By default, alsa installs the sound modules with
> > mute enabled.  After you
> > make the proper adjustments to vol/muting/etc. Do
> > this:
> >
> > # alsactl -f /etc/asound.state store
> >
> > The next time you reboot, it will remember your
> > previous settings.
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > > why why? Also, when I reboot it automatically
> > resets
> > > the alsamixer to mute. Not a huge problem, since I
> > > only need to reboot once a month do something in
> > > windows. It just
> > > drives me nuts, because I don't have the answer.
> > Any
> > > ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Dege
> >
> > So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> > .... If They Weren't Happening To Me
> >
>
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Dege

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