* Doug Smith dougsmith1@charter.net [070830 19:49]:

Ok, I have a real good one here. Which file contains the default settings which are used to bring up the sound system when the grml system starts? The reason I am asking this, is, that, this machine has an internal microphone in it, and, when you run swspeak, the thing comes on along with the speakers, resulting in an absolutely aweful, ear-splitting shriek.

Well, it also causes another funny side effect. When this happens, I am, then, not able to manipulate the settings of the sound system to set it right. It takes me several tries to get into my system, and it absolutely freaks the people on my hall out, including my roommate.

Well, if I can find this file, I can set it up such that the mic does not come on when the speakers do.

Hello Doug,

you can adjust your mixer settings with alsamixer or amixer. There is a init-script called alsa-utils which stores the mixer settings as you shutdown your system an restores them on boot. You can also manually store the mixer setting with:

alsactl store

Thanks for the info.

I hope this helps.

Regards, Frank