I have an AWE64 also, so I'm familiar with your card.
The explosion is the sound that the startup script throws at the
soundcard, and I'm not sure how to kill it either.
The second issue: volume control. If you set your volume as you want
it with the console program aumix and then save it, you can put the
command aumix -L in your .bashrc script. Whether you boot in runlevel
3 or 5, it will still set your volume to your favorite settings. I
know that with my big powered speakers and subwoofer, I have my audio
settings set very low and just use the hardware volume control most of
the time.
Hope this was clear and helpful.
On 11 Apr, Leopold Palomo wrote:
> Really I don't know what it's. When I boot from windows, there's no
> explosion, so I don't think that it's a hardware problem.
>
> The second bored problem is the volume. I always lost my configuration
> of the volume, so every time that I boot the computer I have to regulate
> the volume. The problem is that always is to high, and I'm a bit worry
> for my family.
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