On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:18:24AM +0900, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:58:27 +0100 > Stijn Hoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:23:07AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > > > I want to mixer in /etc/rc (setting sound volume on boot). > > > > I add it to /etc/rc, /etc/defaults/rc.conf, etc... > > > > Would you review and commit? > > > Off hand, I'd say this is more of an /etc/rc.local, or /usr/local/etc/rc.d > > > thing. We haven't really started down the road of what I generically refer > > > to as "desktop" configuration items in rc. > > Why *not*? As long as it behaves when run in a system without sound, I don't > > see any reason to make things easier for users, whether they use the machine > > as a server or as a desktop. > > I'd very much like to see (something like) this in the base -- I haven't > > even looked at these patches but the idea is IMHO worthwhile. > > I think that I don't need it if a little machines requires sound. > But I have many machines (mine or not mine) which use sound (or can > use it). I almost hate to install these to /etc/rc.local. And even > I want it, many users want it:-). Different point from setting > /etc/rc.conf is that anyone always check this file, but /etc/rc.local > is not so.
Yes, I agree with you. Making a port out of this is imho plain silly, or
is someone actually relying on the mixer being set to a default value on
bootup?
--Stijn
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