Sound settings reset after restart or shut down. [Solved]

[Neal ManBear]

Follow Just19's instruction and post the result. He can help.

[AndrzejL]

Ok alsamixer was setting volume of every single sound device to 0 and I found a solution to this for myself and I hope it will help others:

Open terminal and do this:

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su

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root password

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service alsa force-stop

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alsaconf
Follow the wizard - mostly just press ENTER when something pops up.

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alsamixer
Set the volume at the wanted level by using left right up and down arrows and m button to mute or unmute certain devices and press ESC to leave the mixer.

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alsactl store
and then add

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alsactl restore
at the end of the

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/etc/rc.local file
using Your favorite text editor (as root).

reboot - Your settings should be restored.

I am running fully updated Zen Mini 2010.10 with Kernel 38.3 BFS.

Hope this helps to somebody someday.

Andy