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sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 426

PulseAudio mute channel on start up

Hi all,

First some details:
I have an VT1708S sound card with a rear panel and and top/front panel My Speakers are plugged on the rear panel corresponding to the "surround" channel on alsamixer. While I always have my headset plugged in on the top panel.
This is not user specific but system wide.

Now the issue;
The Surround channel is always muted when PulseAudio starts, doesn't mater if the headset are plugged in or not. I have used alsamixer to unmute and run "sudo alsa-store" but it hasn't worked
I also tried to stop PulseAudio Daemon that restore the mixer's level but it hasn't work.

This issue has started months ago, but never got around to sort it before.

Thank you for your time

Knute

Member

From: Minot, ND

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 604

Re: PulseAudio mute channel on start up

You could add pactl commands to your startup scripts.

I have the following in mine:

#pactl set-sink-volume 0 80%
(sleep 30 && pactl set-sink-volume 0 67% && notify-send -a pactl "Volume adjusted to 67%" &) &

I have mine set up to notify me about the adjustment.

I also know that some would have issue with this, but it works. 

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Knute

sweetthdevil

Member

Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 426

Re: PulseAudio mute channel on start up

Yeah I have come across that solution while looking for solution.

But quite frankly I would rather find the proper fix

Thanks

Knute

Member

From: Minot, ND

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 604

Re: PulseAudio mute channel on start up

Alright, though, sometimes temporary fixes can free you from having to unmute every time you login until you find that mythical "proper fix." 

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Knute