[solved'ish] volume levels reset to max every reboot...

hi, i have done some reading and alsa-store and alsa-restore and meant to run at startup and shutdown, obviously to store and resume alsa level settings, but every boot my levels are at max.... i have alsa-utils installed incase anyone asks.
Last edited by ninjaprawn (2012-11-23 16:02:14)

just trying to work through this issue myself... ran systemctl --all to see if I could see anything "odd" and found this;
alsa-restore.service loaded inactive dead Restore Sound Card State
alsa-store.service loaded inactive dead Store Sound Card State
I can understand the restore being dead, but surely store should be "waiting"? i will do some more playing... hopefully post a solution incase anyone else has this issue...
EDIT - in fact scrap that idea.... just checked the following;
systemctl show -p WantedBy alsa-store
WantedBy=shutdown.target
obviously, store is only meant to come alive at shutdown.... so either shutdown isnt starting it, or the service is failing..... more digging required....
Last edited by ninjaprawn (2012-11-22 21:51:00)

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