FC2 First Impressions (Nautilus, Sound and Evolution)

[Steve Bergman]

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

>Because a system without a user shoudln't make a beep (IMO), and each user
>has its idea of a right volume and his desktop environment should restore it
>on login.
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I just subscribed, so I'm getting in in the middle of this, but IMO ALSA 
defaulting to volume 0 at first boot should be considered a bug.  
Sigh... This could only happen in Linux/Unix.

As to restoring the user's settings, yes, of course.  But most 
nontechnical users will simply assume that sound doesn't work with the 
current default.

That said, I think the default should be well below 50% volume.  
Otherwise, we give Aunt Tillie a heart attack. ;-)

-Steve