[clug] Sound Preferences Hardware Output

[Scott Ferguson]

On 05/03/12 14:36, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 05/03/12 12:50, Hal Ashburner wrote:
>> Hey CLUG,
>>
>> Anyone know the magic I need to make ubu (debian with such nice polish it's
>> worth wrecking the major comunity distro for the shiny) 11.10 keep my sound
>> preferences between reboots?
> 
> um, maybe:-
> sudo alsactl store
> 
<snipped>

>>
>> Relevant stuff I've examined:
>>
>> in $HOME/.pulse/
>> dc2a9c3aebe602c2197a290b00000007-default-sink
>> dc2a9c3aebe602c2197a290b00000007-default-source
> 
> 
> $ ls -l ~/.pulse
> http://pastebin.com/0qi2tLsB

Sorry, that should have been:-
http://pastebin.com/YGf9jbrk

and I don't believe it's relevant to your problem (has no bearing on
alsamixer saved levels)

*If* the problem is alsa it's likely to be "load-module
module-device-restore" not commented out in /etc/pulse/default.pa (but I
suspect you're using alsamixer via GNOME's volume controls - not paman,
which is PA volume controls)

(Try the alsactl mentioned above first)

<snipped>
> 
> Check for S50alsa-utils:-
> find /etc/rc* | grep alsa

Also check that "mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1"
is commented out in /etc/init.d/alsa-utils

> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards