Sound Settings fail to Stick

[Redwolf]

I have a small problem with ALSA. My sound settings don't stick. So everytime I reboot Linux, I have to set my volume controls again. It's getting really annoying, especially since all the sedttings have to be at or around 75% except the master, since I use headphones and having a master of 14 is a bit odd to me The sound settings don't stick even when I log in as root and use amixer (aumix doesn't work either).

So, how do I get a sticky volume control?

[flashingcurser]

You can put the following in your rc.local

/usr/sbin/aumix -d /dev/mixer1 -v100 -t60 -b60

(check out the man page for better options--also try it from the command line first to make sure it works

or set your mixer the way you want then from cli (as root):

/usr/sbin/alsactl store

then put in your rc.local:

/usr/sbin/alsactl restore

You will need to try these from the command line before putting them in your rc.local--I'm on a winders box right now so i'm running off memory.

Happy slacking






dan


PS--make sure your mixer really is /dev/mixer1 it may be 0....

[nukes]

You will need to try these from the command line before putting them in your rc.local--I'm on a winders box right now so i'm running off memory.

alsactrl save 0
and
alsactrl restore 0
You need to specify the card ID.
You can specify the file it saves to with:
alsactrl -f /etc/mixerlevel save 0
Hope that helps.

[Lemon[H]ead]

adjusting the levels in alsamixer then # alsactl store should work fine.

[Redwolf]

It runs alsactl restore when the machine starts up, but that isn't in the rc.local script. well, whateverit is, running alsactl store after setting the mixer fixes it. Thanks guys!