volume muted

[ethos101]

Hey, ethos101,

It turns out that commands in rc.local don't run at startup like they are supposed to. At least they don't for me. I ended up putting '/sbin/alsactl restore' in my Fluxbox startup script and it worked fairly reliably.

However, the best method is probably the one suggested by n.hinton that I described above ( post #8 ). Give it a try and tell me how it turns out.

Good luck!

Yea, that was the first method I tried. It didn't work at all.

[mac9416]

1. Open /etc/init.d/alsa-utils for editing...
   

   $ sudo gedit /etc/init.d/alsa-utils

2. Comment out the line that says...
   

   mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1

   ...to look like...
   Quote:
   

   #mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1

   Note: you can search for the line using ctrl+f
3. Save the file, and reboot!

So you tried the above method and it didn't work? If so, try running '/sbin/alsactl restore' and see if it restores your settings. If it does, we'll have to find some startup script that will run that command on bootup.