alsamixer don't save settings

yuchankit · 04-19-2008, 10:56 AM

My alsamixer setting will be reset,or muted after reboot.

I tried alsactl store,and the following error occured;

bash-3.1# alsactl store
ALSA lib conf.c:1589

snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:10:10:Unexpected char
alsactl: get_control:259: Cannot read control '2,0,0,Mic Capture Switch,0': Invalid argument

Any idea to this problem?

biophysics · 04-19-2008, 11:39 AM

Are you trying as root ?

Alternatively try editing _very_ carfully:
/var/lib/alsa/asound.state

Otherwise as a normal user

alsactl -f filename

Run this command upon login.

yuchankit · 04-19-2008, 11:53 AM

The file;

/var/lib/alsa/asound.state

does not exist.

T3slider · 04-19-2008, 12:57 PM

In Slackware it's /etc/asound.state, but I wouldn't edit that file if I were you (but I'm not). Run `alsaconfig` as root, then `alsamixer` (as a normal user?), then `alsactl store` as root. If that still doesn't work, post back here and we'll try to help you out. Just make sure you run `alsactl store` as ROOT.

yuchankit · 04-19-2008, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T3slider

In Slackware it's /etc/asound.state, but I wouldn't edit that file if I were you (but I'm not). Run `alsaconfig` as root, then `alsamixer` (as a normal user?), then `alsactl store` as root. If that still doesn't work, post back here and we'll try to help you out. Just make sure you run `alsactl store` as ROOT.

I don't think it's alsaconfig,it's alsaconf

When I ran alsaconf,it become even worse.

It could not find my soundcard,but my sound is OK of course,with the exception I have to reconfigure it each reboot.

When I ran alsactl store as ROOT,I get the same error as described in my first post in this thread.

T3slider · 04-19-2008, 02:20 PM

Sorry, alsaconf is correct (wasn't paying attention). What kernel are you using? (huge, generic, huge-smp, generic-smp, or custom compiled one -- and what version? The standard 2.6.21.5 that ships with 12.0?) Did you upgrade alsa at all? Are you using a full install?

yuchankit · 04-19-2008, 10:28 PM

I use the default kernel version shipped with Slackware 12.0

I uninstalled the default alsa-lib,alsa driver and alsa-util and installed the 1.0.16 from source.

Then it went OK,till I realised that I can't save setting,just like my problem for now.

Then I uninstalled the 1.0.16 and reinstalled back alsa-lib and alsa driver as well as alsa-util from

http://packages.slackware.it/search.....0&t=1&q=alsa*

Any idea?