When i try to store my alsa sound levels using "alsactl store" I get the following error:

Command 'alsactl' is available in '/sbin/alsactl'
The command could not be located because '/sbin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
This is most likely caused by the lack of administrative priviledges associated with your user account.
bash: alsactl: command not found

Since it says i don't have the privileges i tried "sudo alsactl store", but now i get the following error:

E: core-util.c: Home directory /home/daan not ours.

I don't understand it, anyone does?

Thanks in advance!

What distribution you using?

The commands could be

1) 'su'

2) # '/sbin/alsactl store'

if you are using Redhat EL, CentOS or Fedora.
The command is usable by root only ( or sudo .. if Ubuntu.)
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Hi,

You need root privileges to make any system changes on Linux. If you run the 'su' command and have access to the 'root' password then you can do a 'alsactl store' from the cli after setting up the 'alsamixer'.

Heyho,

I've got the same problem on xubuntu 9.04.
Even if I enter the command "alsactl store" with root privileges.

root@giri-desktop:/home# /sbin/alsactl store
E: core-util.c: Home directory /home/giri not ours.

Any suggestions?

Hi,

If you are going to direct the command then it should be '/usr/sbin/alsactl store'. As root you should not need to provide the full path as long as the root path is correct.

BTW, you should have created a new post.