Mixer default values not restored
Julian H. Stacey
jhs at berklix.org
Thu Jan 3 11:00:56 PST 2008
"Jouke Witteveen" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running FreeBSD 7.0 RC1 with the following in my kernel configuration:
> ---
> device sound
> device snd_emu10kx
> ---
> My soundcard is a Soundblaster Live!
>
> In trying to make the rear-channel volume default to "100" I added the
> following to my /boot/device.hints:
> ---
> hint.pcm.1.vol="100"
> hint.pcm.1.pcm="100"
> ---
> This method is suggested on page 164 (section 7.2.4) of the Handbook.
>
> The problem is that these mixer levels do not apply:
> ---
> $ mixer -f /dev/mixer1
> Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75
> Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75
> ---
> There is no problem however in manualy settig these values.
>
> Any help is welcome. My machine can - may it be needed - be used as a testbase.
( freebsd-stable at freebsd.org dropped as I won't cross post )
I didn't notice any replies, so I'll speculate
I guess whatever is set in loader.conf (& acquired by loader & passed
to kernel may get over ridden by defaults in kernel itself.
man sysctl.conf says you can over ride by /etc/sysctl.conf
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