Setting sound level on startup

[Thomas Molina]

> I was wondering if you posters have something in /etc/modprobe.conf
> similar to what I have:
>   alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
>   install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install sound-slot-0 &&
>   /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> 
> I'm not sure what this is supposed to do, but it appears it might
> reset aumix to 0 on reboot.

That section will install the driver for your sound card when sound 
services are requested.  When it loads the driver it will load your mixer 
settings from /etc/.aumixrc.  If your driver defaults to muted, or the 
/etc/.aumixrc file starts out with zeros for sound levels you won't get 
any sound.  Once your system is up and running, use the tools to set 
volume levels and have them saved.

There is also a similar line which gets run when the sound module is 
removed which saves the current volume levels back into /etc/.aumixrc.