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Sound : alsamixer all channels muted on startup

Asked by buddyd16

These issues are in Ubuntu 9.10

I really have two issues the first being that on startup/reboot all channels in alsamixer are set to the lowest value and muted. The second issue I have is that after unmuting and adjusting the volumes the sound output sounds very distorted.

For a brief history of the steps I have taken please see the following Ubuntu Forum post
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1404765

if anymore information is needed please let me know and I'll gladly provide it.

thank you in advance for any help.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

Did you try this (haven't read the thread you've linked).
http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-fix-sound-muted-on-startup-in-ubuntu-910karmic

I also link a specific bug which effects Karmic + Lucid.
In addition the list.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils

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buddyd16 (donnieb) said : 		#2

I tried the solution in the first link with no success everything is still muted and set to min at reboot.

I will read through that bug and see if I am able to add anything.

thank you for the response Sam.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

Please try this workaround procedure:

1. Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

2. copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/alsa-utils

3. Replace the following line (which is line 372 in the /etc/init.d/alsa-utils file):

mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1

with the following line:

# mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1

So you need to comment out that line to prevent the script from muting your soundcard during boot.

4. Reboot and recheck mixer settings

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

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buddyd16 (donnieb) said : 		#4

Mark

unfortunately your suggestion also did not work for me. Seems like I may have to add my info to the bug linked by Sam.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#5

After the changes you may need to store the settings as suggested in the bug report.
#38 and #39

Seems this helped also someone here.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1278148

Wonder myself why bugs about this issue are declared as 'fixed'.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/450652

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buddyd16 (donnieb) said : 		#6

Sam

ah I in fact did not run "sudo alsactl store 0" after adjusting the alsamixer settings when trying either of the solutions here. I'll give it another go later this afternoon.

Thank you again for the help.

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buddyd16 (donnieb) said : 		#7

no dice.

Even after storing the alsamixer settings everything still gets muted and set to min. on reboot.

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