This is what I did to set the correct volumes on startup (R5A30.2)

I connected with putty(ssh) and logged in as root. Can also log in locally by pressing [Alt]+F2 and logging in as root

installed nano (apt-get install nano) for a decent text editor

nano /home/mythtv/.fluxbox/apps

below the line that says [startup] {launch_irx.sh} I added a line like:
[startup] {aumix -m 95 -w 95 -l 95}
(my goal is to turn up the line in that the sound from my PVR-350 is comming in on)

To do the same thing using alsamixer, you would run alsamixer and set all the controls the way you want, then type "alsactl store -f /home/mythtv/.alsasettings" and then edit the /home/mythtv/.fluxbox/apps file and add the line:
[startup] {alsactl restore -f /home/mythtv/.alsasettings } and save ([Ctrl]+O) and exit ([Ctrl]+X)

Restart and your sound settings should be restored.

Tnx that worked.. tnx so mouch

Had a similar isssue. Had to adjust the master volume level in Setup>Genral>3rd Screen>Master Volume.

None of these fixed mine.

What i ended up doing is creating a new file as root in /etc/init.d called alsarestore

in the file, i added the line


Then you need to make the file executable



then i ran the command

which runs the script alsarestore as the last thing that is run at startup[/code]

I have tried every solution in this thread and no luck. All I have to do is run 'alsactl restore' as root and everything is a-ok, but on boot I get default mixer settings. There must be a way to run this simple command after mythtv loads.
Anyone got anymore ideas?

It is odd that my solution didnt work, all it is doing is running the command 'alsactl restore' as the last command once the system boots.

Did you create the alsarestore file as root?

if not, log in as root and run the command from the /etc/init.d directory


also, make sure the file is executable


Then (im not sure if you have to do this step again, but it wont hurt) run


Let me know if that works

Ok weird. The chmod made the difference I think, I am still to much of a linux noob to know to do that.
But your solution doesn't work right for me at all.
If I have the update-rc.d applied and restart I get sound, but it is super messed up. I only get the left channel and it is really loud and very staticky in a weird way.
The same static thing happened to me last night when I had the update-rc.d stuff applied but I think since I didn't have the chmod done, it would still be noiseless on restart. If I ran alsactl restore manually the sound would work, but be all messed up. I thought it was a conflict from running the command 2 different ways but I guess it was the update-rc.d stuff the whole time.

So in short your solution does make the sound work on restart but has the side effect of screwing it up. If any of that is not clear let me know, or if any other info would help. Weird stuff.

A couple of questions,

if you weren't running my startup script, and ran alsactl restore alone, the sound works fine?

If so, could you do the following at let me know the results

Run the command
it should output something like "N #" (mine is "N 5").

The number is your current runlevel.

Once you get your runlevel, run the command
eg:
which shows all the scripts being run from the current runlevel (scripts that start with an S are starting, K are being killed, and the number corresponds to the order they are run 1-99)

you should only see one instance of a script called alsarestore

if you see more than one, issue the command (as root)



again run


make sure nothing is there called alsarestore

once that is done, run this again (as root)


if that doesn't fix the problem, then I am stumped.

as long as alsactl restore is working by itself, nothing in the script should be changing its functionality.

if you get static from running alsactl restore w/out my script run and make sure the levels are right. You also may not want to have them maxed out as this tends to add distortion.

Let me know how it goes.

Correct.

Runlevel is N 5
the ls command shows
/etc/rc5.d/S20alsa /etc/rc5.d/S99alsarestore

I am stumped as well.

grantman21, thanks for the tip!

FYI, for me to get it to work I had to use the full path for alsactl, like this:

[startup] {/usr/sbin/alsactl restore -f /home/mythtv/.alsasettings}