Manuel Reimer wrote, On 01/10/06 21:08: > Hello, > > could someone tell me why sound is muted by default? Especially for > beginners this looks like the sound isn't working. As I started to use > alsa, I didn't know I have to unmute my sound first and finally went > back to OSS, as I knew that this worked. Later someone told me about > this problem and I finally was able to use ALSA. > > Of course some distributions are doing some tricks to get sound enabled, > but is this really a good solution. Let's look at the Ubuntu package > diff against the original files: > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.10-1ubuntu14.diff.gz > > Search for "sanify_levels_on_card()" there and you'll find a long list > where they try to set default values. A long list noone would need if > there would be a better default in ALSA. > > Which is the right place to request a better default? > > Thank you very much in advance > > Yours > > Manuel Reimer Possibly with the distribution packagers. I find alsaconf in Debian quite helpful - it sets default levels (un-muted) and reminds the user to adjust the levels in alsamixer or another sound mixer package. Regards, Arthur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
