[Pkg-pulseaudio-devel] Bug#556971: #556971: pulseaudio does not remember volume settings, always set to 0

[Nathan A. Stine]

On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 02:04 +0100, Ludovico Cavedon wrote:
> Hi,
> I found the cause of the issue. This is what happens of first boot/login
> (i.e., when there is no ~/.pulse directory).
> 
> * boot:
> /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start # set volume to default levels
> * login:
> pulseaudio --start # keep current volume (no saved one available)
> * logout:
> #pulseaudio keeps running!!
> * reboot
> /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop # save current volume and mute mixer
> kill pulseudio # save current volume (oops, mixer is mute!)
> 
> 
> Second boot/login:
> * boot:
> /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start # set volume to saved one (good!)
> * login:
> pulseaudio --start # restore volume to saved one (oops, muted!)
> 
> Note that alsa and pulseaudio store volume separately.
> 
> I am attaching an easy proof-of-concept fix: prevent alsa-utils from
> zeroing the mixer. It work for me.
> 
> But I would not blame alsa for doing that. I'd rather think that we
> should ensure that pulseaudio gets stopped before "alsa-utils stop" is
> called or when the user is logged out.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludovico
> 

Works for me as well.  I appreciate your work Ludovico.

Thanks,

Nathan A. Stine