Ubuntu muted on boot

[Linux for blind general discussion]

The same thing happens to me with Mint Mate 20.04. My workaround is to 
login and then hit the volume up button once, which unmutes.
I got tired of trying to figure it out and just live with it. BTW, that 
is on a Lenovo Thinkpad T420S.

John


On 5/14/2022 7:46 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I did go and disable "auto mute" in alsamixer, but Ubuntu stays muted 
> after rebooting, I can quickly unmute it using the media keys on my 
> Keychron keyboard, but I cannot figure how to make this "muted state" at 
> boot go away.
> 
> 
> If you can help, I would really appreciate it. Some times my wife, a 
> died in the wool Windows user needs something off of my Machine, and 
> she's really, really technologically disabled.
>