Thanks for the hints all. I've used alsactl, store & restore, etc. The odd thing is that I've never had alsa issues before. From the first install some months ago all has been fine. Just all of a sudden this crops up. I'll definitely try the various tips tonite. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of praedor Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 10:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Alsa - and the ac97 This is the second time in some 3 years that I have gone to alsa from oss. Originally, on a Redhat 5.0 system, I had problems like you mention. As I recall, what I ended up doing was adding the appropriate "amixer" lines to my rc.local file so that all the proper/desired amixer settings would be set at startup. This entails a series of lines in rc.local (example): /usr/bin/amixer set Master 60 unmute /usr/bin/amixer set PCM 15 unmute /usr/bin/amixer set MIC 15 unmute etc, etc, for each pertinent amixer setting. This is ugly, even clumsy, but it does work. Unless someone offers a better idea, you can try it. I so rarely reboot my system, it is up 24/7 90+% of the time, that I haven't done this yet...and I only just got my sound working again. I suppose the first time I have to go thru the amixer setting sequence again I will be adding the lines to rc.local again. Another thing to try: after setting everything with amixer (as root) you could save the settings with alsactl ("alsactl store card1" for instance) and then change the attributes of your /etc/alsa.conf file to immutable ("chattr +i /etc/alsa.conf"). You will not then be able to change the settings even as root without first removing the immutable attribute. This will make the file untouchable during subsequent restarts (and should eliminate a need to add lines to rc.local). praedor <snip>
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