On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:55:35PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > I think everyone is misunderstanding the issue here. > All ALSA sound cards, without any intervention from user space, will > boot up with ALL SOUND MUTED. > Most distros then have an /etc/init.d startup script that restores sound > card levels to the previous state before the previous power off. > The problem is, what to do the first time the system is installed. I.e. > No "previous state" exists. > a) General users will normally want some level of sound by default the > first time they boot into a newly installed system. > b) Professional users want everything muted the first time. > My personal preference is ALL SOUND MUTED in ALL cases. Mine too. > I figure that if a user does not have sound, the first thing they will > do is go to the volume control and turn it up! > I do believe that a general user should only have to touch one "Master" > volume control to do this "turn it up" step. > > Most consumer distos do not agree with me and want the volume turned up > already by default. > The problem is deciding on a generally good level for these distros. Fair point. Actually there is an easy workaround for those of us who prefer everything muted every time: remove or disable the init.d script. John _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
