Re: Persisting muted state and volume across reboots

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On Sunday 24 June 2018 16:24,
Dave Woodfall <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> put forth the proposition:
> On Sunday 24 June 2018 11:09,
> info <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> put forth the proposition:
> > On 2018-06-24 11:06 AM, info wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2018-06-24 10:51 AM, David Wood fall wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 24 June 2018 08:58,
> > > > info <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> put forth the proposition:
> > > > > Good morning,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Whenever I boot a Fedora 26 box, the front headphone jack is muted
> > > > > and volume
> > > > > set to zero. No insertion or removal of the cable is detected.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have to use alsamixer to un-mute and bring the volume up. Then I
> > > > > use alsactl
> > > > > store command and I can see that /var/lib/alsa/asound.state is
> > > > > being updated:
> > > > >
> > > > >          control.11 {
> > > > >                  iface MIXER
> > > > >                  name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
> > > > >                  value.0 false
> > > > >                  value.1 false
> > > > >                  comment {
> > > > >                          access 'read write'
> > > > >                          type BOOLEAN
> > > > >                          count 2
> > > > >                  }
> > > > >          }
> > > > >
> > > > > changes to
> > > > >
> > > > >          control.11 {
> > > > >                  iface MIXER
> > > > >                  name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
> > > > >                  value.0 true
> > > > >                  value.1 true
> > > > >                  comment {
> > > > >                          access 'read write'
> > > > >                          type BOOLEAN
> > > > >                          count 2
> > > > >                  }
> > > > >          }
> > > > >
> > > > > But these changes are never persisted across reboots. What is
> > > > > missing which is
> > > > > preventing the mute state and volume from being restored at boot time?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am connecting to the card 0:
> > > > >
> > > > > [use0@localhost asound]$ cat cards
> > > > >   0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
> > > > >                        HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16
> > > > >   1 [HDMI           ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
> > > > >                        HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdefc000 irq 32
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex
> > > > What does alsamixer look like after doing a 'store' followed by a
> > > > 'restore'?
> > > >
> > > > If it looks OK, then do you have a startup script that runs 'alsactl
> > > > restore' on boot? Or does that Fedora version use systemd?
> > > Fedora uses systems. I don't know what scripts it has and where.
> > Sorry, hit Enter prematurely. I meant to add, that if I store and restore,
> > everything is Okay, but after a reboot the headphones jack is muted again and
> > volumes set to zero.
>
> It sounds like the systemd alsa service isn't enabled, or it's
> missing.
>
> I'm not that familiar with systemd nor the correct name of the
> service file it uses on fedora, but usually something like:
>
> systemctl enable/disable <service name>
>
> is used. So try
>
> systemctl enable alsa
>
> If the name is wrong or the service file is missing it will output an
> error.

I should add that I use this command on a Centos VPN, so it may even
be a different command in Fedora.

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