Setting sound level on startup

[mike at flyn.org]

> > I think you are saying that sound level setting should be set for each
> > user, not just globally in /etc/aumixrc but in ~/.aumixrc. Do you know
> > exactly how this could/should be done?
 
> I'd put it in the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession script.  Xsession is run as the 
> user so a 'aumix-minimal -L' would set the mixer for the particular user 
> as aumix looks for ~/.aumixrc first.  However it should only be done if 
> the session is local.  i.e. on the system console and not on an X 
> terminal accross the building.

I'd like to see this done elsewhere if possible.  We don't all use X each
time we want to use our audio hardware.  Perhaps pam_audio (I'm not sure if
this is a tonge-in-cheek proposal or not)?

--
Mike