alsa bootscript doesn't restore volume

[ken@…]

We save the current volume on shutdown, but we never restore it.

[ken@…]

what I'm using

[ken@…]

what I'm using

[ken@…]

whoops, sorry for the double-attachment, I obviously don't have kde fully under control yet.

The patch changes the text on shutdown (all we do is save the volume), that's a question of taste. It also restores volume (using -F to help when alsa changes its controls on a kernel upgrade), which is the important thing. I've also added a link to start this from rcsysinit - maybe it would be better in only specific runlevels. At this stage, the patch deliberately doesn't alter the last-revised-by comment.

[alexander@…]

NAK. We are supposed to restore the volume from udev rules. Doesn't that work for you?

[alexander@…]

This has either to be closed as invalid (because alsa bootscript isn't supposed to restore volume, it is the task for udev rules), or to be retitled to a more appropriate description of the problem.

[DJ Lucas]

I have a feeling that what is left of this one is a direct result of Ticket #2125. Ken, if you are still watching BLFS, can you comment on this? Thanks.

[dnicholson@…]

So, the only difference I see here from the udev rule is that Ken's change calls alsactl with -F and the udev rules call the particular device with %n.

Ken, I'm gonna leave this open until you comment. The udev rules have always done the right thing for me.

[DJ Lucas]

Closing invalid. The alsa boot script should not restore volume. #2125 fixed volume restoration on boot by use of correct udev rules.

[ken@…]

Sorry, I intended to look at this last weekend for my current build, but I forgot it. If your current udev rules restore the volume, the problem is solved, just not how I expected.