On Friday 05 August 2016 08:35:52 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > So it is. Owned by root but world rw. Then why, if root can access > > it during the init phase, is it not active for me until I do an > > alsactl restore ? Something in starting the x stuff as the usr > > after the login, is killing the sound UNTIL the user does a restore. > > And its a right PIMA. Just for S & G, I just added an aplay command > > to be executed by me, immediately after a line in rc.local that does > > a theoretical restore, as me to play the front-center channel id > > file. I'll see if that plays when I next reboot. Which is not > > eminent ATM. > > In my opinion the problem is somewhere else. This file is not meant to > be used by user. It is used when alsa framework is initialized. When > you do restore you actually load the settings from this file. > The question is why it is not restoring on boot. You should inspect > the scripts used to start/initialize alsa. > I can't look further ATM. I would actually trace the log files, but > the approach with playing something is also valid, only it will not > help understand why if not working. > > BTW I don't have anything in rc.local. I have (jessie) > find /etc/rc* | grep alsa > /etc/rc0.d/K01alsa-utils > /etc/rc6.d/K01alsa-utils > /etc/rcS.d/S21alsa-utils > > regards > Looking at S21alsa-utils, it seems to me that I should see a log msg or 30 from it. I am not, but its appears to mute the system at one point in the script. WTH is that for? What I see in the last dmesg all comes from snd_intel, and says that msi has been disabled, whatever the heck that means. I'm clueless about that. Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
