Sound problem no speakers

[Patton Echols]

On 03/25/2011 08:45 AM, Pastor JW wrote:
> On Monday, March 21, 2011 5:06:58 pm Patton Echols wrote:
>> Thanks for the suggestion.  Seemed like such a good idea.  Apparently
>> something is overriding the saved info because the changes still do not
>> survive reboot.  I also discovered in the process "amixer" a CLI utility
>> that will allow you to make and show sound settings.
>>
>> Output with sound working
>> ===========================
>> $ amixer sget Speaker
>> Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
>>     Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
>>     Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>>     Limits: Playback 0 - 64
>>     Mono:
>>     Front Left: Playback 63 [98%] [0.00dB] [on]
>>     Front Right: Playback 63 [98%] [0.00dB] [on]
>> ========Store Settings ==========
>> $ sudo alsactl store
>>
>> =======After Reboot==========
>> $ amixer sget Speaker
>> Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
>>     Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
>>     Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>>     Limits: Playback 0 - 64
>>     Mono:
>>     Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-63.00dB] [on]
>>     Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-63.00dB] [on]
>>
>> Anyone other ideas?  I am most interested in suggestions as to what
>> could be doing the resetting.  My guess is that something is
>> mis-configured But I've no idea what.
> Do you have "pavucontrol" installed?
Yes, Thanks
>   Seems this needs installed for any pulse
> audio to work but is never installed by default.
>

Yeah, and that is just nuts.  Does anyone think that sound (on a 
desktop) is something that people will really consider to be 
"optional?"  Should work out of the box.

Thanks,
--PE