Alsa in KDE

[david walcroft]

W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 21:39, david walcroft wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>    I have always had problems with Alsa and/or Kde in one way or a 
>>nother,I have got down to this - in /etc/rc.d/rc.local I placed
>>
>>/usr/sbin/alsactl restore
>>
>>and it starts sound to hear 'kde-startup.wav' while booting Kde,
>>then when the Kde desktop activates the 'kde-startup.wav' stops before 
>>completion and the mixers are then all at 'zero' requiring me to run
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>'alsactl restore'
>>
>>before I get any sound back. Is there any way to have alsactl restore
>>run when the desktop activates.
>>
>>2.6.8-1
>>KDE 3.3.0
>>
>>    Thanks  david
> 
> 
> 
> try using "aumix", set everything where you want it, then S to save.
> 
> G
> 
Does not work,it is as stated in my OP that sound stops on desktop 
activating as "alsactl restore" does not work.I have tried all mixers 
with the same result.

   david