[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#768665: Bug#768665: alsa-utils: state of sound not saved / restored

[Arthur Marsh]

Elimar Riesebieter wrote on 09/11/14 21:32:
> * Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh at internode.on.net> [2014-11-09 19:52 +1030]:
>
>>
>>
>> Elimar Riesebieter wrote on 09/11/14 19:37:
>>
>>> What tells:
>>>
>>> $ ls -al /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
>>>
>>> Does the dir status changed after:
>>>
>>> # alsactl store
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Elimar
>>>
>>
>> # ls -al /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12711 Nov  9 17:35 /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
>> # alsactl store
>> # ls -al /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12711 Nov  9 19:47 /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
>>
>> so the storing seems to work.
>
> Hmm, are your surround settings restored after reboot or just
>
> # service alsa-utils restart
>
> ?
>
> Elimar
>

After some more testing (checking state in alsamixer before starting 
kdm) it appears that logging into kdm causes the surround sound to be muted.

Arthur.