James Lee wrote:
>> If you are using build 115 or later, which uses OSS,
>> then you can do
>> the following:
>>
>> 1) Set the audio settings as you would like them to
>> be on reboot.
>> 2) Run
>>
>> $ mixerctrl -s (filename)
>> Then make sure that your system runs the following
>> command when it
>> boots up, or when your user session starts up:
>> $ mixerctrl -r (filename)
>> For example, you could put this command in your
>> user's $HOME/.profile
>> if you want it to reload the settings for just
>> your user. Or, if you
>> want it to load the settings for all users, you
>> could put it in the
>> GDM Init or PreSession script. Info about the GDM
>> scripts is here:
>> http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.28/configuration.
>> html.en#scripting
>>
>> If you wanted to save the settings on each user
>> logout and reload them
>> on each user login, then I would recommend running
>> the "mixerctrl -s"
>> command in the GDM PostSession script and the
>> "mixerctrl -r" in the
>> GDM PreSession script.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
> I've created an SMF service to automate saving and loading the volume on
> shutdown and bootup which I think is more appropriate than using GDM. See
> http://thestaticvoid.com/post/2009/11/25/mixer-state-in-opensolaris/ if
> you're interested.
>
The SMF service would save and restore "master" settings, but doesn't do
anything for individual user-preferences.
By the way, I'm planning on replacing mixerctl with an easier to use
interface called audioctl. Since mixerctl has only been in development
builds so far, I figure such a change is fair game. :-) See PSARC
2009/626 for details.
- Garrett
> James
>
