Switching on/off the sound from the command line

[Paul Smith]

On 10/23/05, Vikram Goyal <vikigoyal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe this may suffice...
>
> Add these 2 lines to your ~/.bashrc
>
> alias mute='amixer set Master mute'
> alias unmute='amixer set Master unmute'

Thanks, Vikram. But how can one mute the computer's sound at the
startup, automatically?

Paul