master volume at zero and muted when pulseaudio starts

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In case there were some problems with the attachments here some download links:

amixer.org:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9405739/pulseaudio/01/amixer.org

amixer.pulse:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9405739/pulseaudio/01/amixer.pulse

pulse_syslog.log.gz:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9405739/pulseaudio/01/pulse_syslog.log.gz


On 4 June 2012 18:23, Frank Wilson <fajwilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have noticed that the master channel volume is set to zero and muted
> when I login to gnome3 on my arch linux vm.
>
> After looking at various things such as storing and restoring alsa
> settings, I determined the volume settings get changed when pulseaudio
> starts.
>
> To fully isolate the cause I did a test with a bare non-graphical
> login (no gnome session, no login manager, no other sound program).
>
> Here is the session log:
>
> [frank at flint ~]$ date
> Mon Jun ?4 18:03:26 BST 2012
> [frank at flint ~]$ alsactl init 0 # reset my card, just to be sure
> Found hardware: "ICH" "SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84" "AC97a:83847600"
> "0x8086" "0x0000"
> Hardware is initialized using a generic method
> [frank at flint ~]$ speaker-test
>
> <<<<< CAN HEAR SOUND >>>>>
>
> [frank at flint ~]$ amixer -c0 > amixer.org
> [frank at flint ~]$ pulseaudio --start -vvvvv
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup successful.
> [frank at flint ~]$ speaker-test
>
> <<<<< CANNOT HEAR SOUND! >>>>
>
> [frank at flint ~]$ amixer -c0 > amixer.pulse
>
> I attach amixer.org, amixer.pulse and pulse_syslog.log.gz (the
> relevant portion of my syslog file, where pulseaudio has logged its
> stuff).
>
> Could anybody explain what is causing the problem and how I should go
> about fixing it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank


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