ALSA not restoring the "Master" control [Solved]

Hund · 2010-05-17 06:33:18

Everytime I start my HTPC (At minimum once per day) the "Master" control in alsamixer is set to 0, and I have to login via SSH and run the command "alsactl restore" myself.

I've tried everything from the Wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Alsa, and some more stuff I cant remember now. How do I solve this? It's really anoying.

Last edited by Hund (2010-05-23 18:04:53)

brebs · 2010-05-17 06:43:12

Hund wrote:

alsactl restore

Ever heard of a startup script?

ALSA is mute at startup, because too high a volume can potentially physically damage speakers.

Hund · 2010-05-17 06:46:38

Forgot to mention that, I've already tried using a startup script, even with a 10 sec delay.

By default it might be mute, but I've changed that and therefore it shouldnt be muted at start.

Last edited by Hund (2010-05-17 06:47:06)

toad · 2010-05-17 07:00:52

put your desired alsa settings in your rc.local if nothing else works...

Hund · 2010-05-17 07:11:22

I added this to my rc.local:

amixer sset 'Master' 50% unmute &> /dev/null

But it didnt help.

demian · 2010-05-17 08:11:16

Did you store the settings with alsactl store and added the alsa daemon to rc.conf after that?

Hund · 2010-05-17 08:35:15

demian wrote:

Did you store the settings with alsactl store and added the alsa daemon to rc.conf after that?

Yepp.

Hund · 2010-05-23 16:54:23

Anyone?

toad · 2010-05-23 17:04:27

Hund wrote:

I added this to my rc.local:
amixer sset 'Master' 50% unmute &> /dev/null
But it didnt help.

Not surprised it didn't work - it looks just as effective as: "Gimme some noise!!!"

Try the following and be happy

amixer set Master 85% unmute
amixer set PCM 85% unmute

Of course, test it first as in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALS … s_and_test

Hund · 2010-05-23 17:32:05

Didnt work.

The correct command for me is "amixer set "Master Front" 90% unmute". Dunno how I'll get it to be executed at boot.

Hund · 2010-05-23 17:58:18

Hm. I rememberd I've installed quick-init before. After removing that I think the problem is solved. But now I cannot autostart XBMC instead.

Edit: XBMC solved to.

Edit II: After removing quick-init my HTPC boots 2 sec faster.

Last edited by Hund (2010-05-23 18:02:37)

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ALSA not restoring the "Master" control [Solved]

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