Hopefully a STUPID sound question!?

patkalolo · 05-06-2005, 07:33 PM

I am using alsa-driver, alsa-lib, and alsa-utils 1.0.8. I thought I had sound set to work at boot with the following line in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local:  Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local setup commands in here

#bring up alsa

alsactl restore

#commands to bring up my wpa-psk wlan0 connection
modprobe ndiswrapper
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.111
route add -net default gw 192.168.0.1
wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

Unfortunately, I hear sound during the Slackware splash screen up until the "Restoring Session" message is displayed and the it all goes silent. It isn't until I issue the command "alsactl restore" in a terminal that my sound works again? Why would my KDE session decide to automatically reverse something I have in a startup script?

comprookie2000 · 05-06-2005, 07:37 PM

arts
http://freshmeat.net/projects/arts/?branch_id=32187

Komakino · 05-06-2005, 07:38 PM

kde loads a daemon called ARtS. It's a software mixer to enable several programs to use the sound card at once. It could be that its default settings turn audio down or mute it. Have a look for a kmixer app or something in KDE that might show you the sound levels. Failing that, there is an option to disable arts somewhere in KDE. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I don't use KDE.

patkalolo · 05-18-2005, 10:45 PM

Well after starting a new x session with kde I find that my "PCM" is muted in KMIX. I am attempting to store the revised setting via "alsactl store" and I will see what happens.

patkalolo · 05-18-2005, 10:49 PM

It's amazing what a little "time-out" will do for your problem solving skills. Need I say that the simplest problems are usually the hardest to solve?

SUCCESS