On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 09:40:41PM +0100, Stroller wrote > I'm also seeing that maybe alsa's default state is muted, so that > the muted state would be correct even if the sound state is not being > restored.
According to the Alsa-Project HDA Intel page http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-hda-intel and probably applicable for all cards. The quote is... > Now adjust your soundcard's volume levels. All mixer channels are > muted by default. You must use a native mixer program to unmute > appropriate channels, for example alsamixer from the alsa-utils > package. Note that some usb-audio devices do not have internal mixer > controls. Run: > > alsamixer -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]>

