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> Andrew Thornton wrote:
>
> >I know its a daft suggestion, but I have noticed that in SuSE 9.2 & 9.3
> >often sets the volume down to nothing on my laptop on a new install. The
> >card may be in and configured, but the volume level is set to 0
>
> >I use gnome and using the volume applet you can adjust all the settings,
> >or you can go into YaST and choose the card and click the volume button.
>
> >Hope this helps.
>
>
> ALSA will have all of the mixer controls muted upon initialization.  It
> has mechanisms for the saving and restoration of the volume controls
> upon bootup/shutdown.  Some distributions save this information
> automatically, some do not.  On my box, I set it up the way I want to
> hear it at every boot, and then saved the settings.  The command to do
> this is:
>
>     # alsactl store
>
> And then at bootup, running 'alsactl restore' from the startup scripts
> will restore the volume settings for a distribution that doesn't attempt
> to automatically do this.
>
>     - Mike
>
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Andrew,
Thanks for your response. I get persistent messages from most of the 
sound devices that I fire up like this :

    &quot;Direct access to sound device not possible,
    No soundcard available or sound support not configured yet, etc...&quot;

So, how would &quot;alsactl store&quot; help me if I am not even able to configure 
the card? I will try it anyway, because logic and consistency  are often 
in short supply in this line of work. The SuSE folks want me to jump 
through a bunch of hoops before they even will consider my problem.
I have a cheapo soundcard lying around that I would like to try some day,
just to see whether SuSE9.2 does any sound at all.
Meanwhile, thanks for your interest. If I can ever get the bugger going, 
I will post the results. Cor van Dijk


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