This appears to be a continuing issue for many - whether the volume is actually muted or just set to 0 at boot. Commenting the mentioned line does resolve for most ...
( The pcm levels I mentioned in previous post (5.1 output), were the actual pcm's that affected the various channel levels - not the "pcm" level which affects nothing. (in a 5.1 setup -- [Maverick] Sound is always muted on startup; unmuting makes the volume at lowest level https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592016 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs