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#1 2010-02-25 10:03:37

harri
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Registered: 2010-02-25
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Boots up with volume on 0%

Hi there!

I have for the first time come over a problem that I couldn't find an answer to in the wiki or by googleing.

My problem is when i boot up or reboot the computer the volume on the speaker and headphones is set to zero. They are not muted, but the volume bars are set to zero. I can't find a way to make them keep or remember the settings I change it to.

Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

Heres a picture of the volume settings as they are when I have booted the machine:
bootvolume

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#2 2010-02-25 10:08:57

Roline
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Re: Boots up with volume on 0%

Set the alsamixer as you want him to boot up and then run /usr/sbin/alsactl as root:

sudo alsactl store

This will create the file '/etc/asound.state', saving the alsamixer settings.

Also, add the alsa daemon to your DAEMONS section in /etc/rc.conf to automatically restore the mixer settings at boot.

sudo nano /etc/rc.conf

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng ... alsa)

Note that the alsa daemon merely restores your volume mixer levels on boot up by reading /etc/asound.state. It is separate from the alsa audio library (and kernel level API).

Expanded information available in the ALSA wiki entry.

Last edited by Roline (2010-02-25 10:15:46)


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#3 2010-02-25 17:38:01

harri
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Registered: 2010-02-25
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Re: Boots up with volume on 0%

I don't have the alsactl progam hmm

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#4 2010-02-25 18:25:12

Coacher
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Re: Boots up with volume on 0%

#pacman -S alsa-utils

#5 2010-02-25 18:57:46

ArchSoarer
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From: Cho-fu-sa
Registered: 2009-11-02
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Re: Boots up with volume on 0%

It is important to add "alsa" to the daemons array on /etc/rc.conf after installing alsa-utils and running alsamixer.

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#6 2010-02-25 19:11:01

harri
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Re: Boots up with volume on 0%

Thanks guys! Works great now. big_smile

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#7 2010-02-25 21:42:25

Peasantoid
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Registered: 2009-04-26
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Re: Boots up with volume on 0%

Please add [solved] to title.

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