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Tuomola

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Registered: 2016-06-21

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[SOLVED] .bash_profile lines execute but have no effect

Due to some sound issues, I want to execute following command each time I login:

amixer -c 0 sset Headphone 100% unmute

So I added this line to my .bash_profile.

The command gives output on login, but has no effect? Looking at alsamixer after login, the sound levels are unchanged. I also tried the same with alsactl restore in bash_profile with the same results.

When executed manually, both commands work as intended. Also sourcing .bash_profile works. How come it is not working at the time of login? There must be something I don't understand about .bash_profile and the login sequence? Please  enlighten me.

Note that this is not a graphical login, just the same login you get with fresh Arch.

Last edited by Tuomola (2018-06-10 12:42:49)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] .bash_profile lines execute but have no effect

I'd suspect it is "working" but something else in the startup process is changing the settings - perhaps a misconfigured restore service.

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archimboldo

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Re: [SOLVED] .bash_profile lines execute but have no effect

Maybe this? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=233813

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Tuomola

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Registered: 2016-06-21

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Re: [SOLVED] .bash_profile lines execute but have no effect

Thanks for guiding me to right direction.

The culprit was pulseaudio, which messes the alsa settings at some point. So I took away pulseaudio, and the line works. I didn't as of yet find an easy solution to do the same unmuting process with pulseaudio on login.