alsamixer wont save settings

[durty_nacho]

alsamixer has to be re ran everytime I reboot. I run alsactl store and have /usr/sbin/alsactl restore added to my rc.local file, but my settings go back to being default (muted) upon boot. I suspect I have to re-run alsamixer because I have an entry in my rc.local file to re-run ./snddevices at boot as well, which is probably reconfiguring my card. This the only way I have been able to get sound to work (the ./snddevices thing), and trust me. I have been all over lots of forums, and I have tried everything. It's been the only way that works for me. I am running Slackware 10.1 with kernel 2.6.13.2

[jens]

run alsaconf as root (should do everything for you)

[durty_nacho]

Running alsaconf does not help aid me in the saving of my alsamixer settings, even if ran as root. Thank you for your reply however.

[BrunoM]

alsactl store

should keep them settings.

[durty_nacho]

BrunoM

The first line of my post states that I tried that.

[mlangdn]

Comment out the line for ./snddevices in rc.local.
Re-run alsaconf, alsamixer, and alsctl store as root in that order. Reboot - you should be ok.

[durty_nacho]

That wont work, the whole reason I have that in their is because alsamixer wont run until I run ./snddevices. That is what makes my card work. Alsaconf will still find my card but the card wont function until I run snddevices.

[mlangdn]

I just noticed that you are using kernel 2.6.13 - you may need to get a newer version of alsa for this kernel. I am using 2.6.12 with no problems with 10.2.

I do not have that line in rc.local. I am using an old sounblaster pci 128. Works great.

[jens]

see: http://alsa.opensrc.org/faq/#FAQ021

There's several ways to fix this. The easiest is to write a script with one line:

alsactl restore

, save it as 'alsasoundrestoremixer' in /etc/init.d/, make it executable:

% chmod a+x /etc/init.d/alsasoundrestoremixer

, and create a symlink to run this straight after alsasound:

% ln -s /etc/init.d/alsasoundrestoremixer /etc/rcS.d/S59alsasoundrestoremixer

This forces the loading of the mixer settings every time the system is booted.

PS: You might need to include whatever else you need to do to get it working...