On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:30 AM, David Henningsson <david.hennings...@canonical.com> wrote: > In our custom alsa-utils mixer script (inherited from Debian), we mute > microphone inputs by default. I've got folks complaining about this, but > what do you think? Is it sensible?
It's a historical artifact of working around potential hardware damage and poor user experience (loud screeching). In one recent bug report (against pulse I think, which I don't have handy), Jono Lange (among many others, as you've noted) expressed a desire to have the mic(s) set to cap by default, which I think is feasible if we're reasonably sure that hardware won't "go wonky." So, while I think it's sensible historically, we need to do better at having it set properly - the principle of least surprise, I think. It can be done at the alsa-utils level (alsactl init) or at the pulse level (when the first source-output appears?). -Dan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev Post to : ubuntu-audio-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
