On 04/17/2009 01:16:26 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > I'm havind a problem with alsamixer. It appears not to save the > > changes. The man page does not mention this, so perhaps its doing > what > > it is designed to do. > > It is only designed to change the sound card's mixer settings. > > > In that case, can anyone point me to a tool that makes permanent > > (mute, in this case) settings? > > "alsactl store" and "alsactl restore" do what you want. In theory, > these calls should be made automatically by your distribution's > shutdown/ > startup scripts. Thanks. FWIW, it appears that this (1.0.19) is the problem: function stop() { # # store driver settings # if [ -x $alsactl ]; then $alsactl -f $asoundcfg store The file as installed from the source distribution, does not have executable permissions. Or perhaps the '-x' was not intended? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user