Setting Volume On Startup

[Lancelot59]

I have an issue with my machine. The volume is 100% on startup, and I need that fixed.

I looked around and found THIS on stackoverflow. However I cannot find the rc-default file I need to edit to make that solution work. I'm running Karmic. Anyone else find a solution to this problem?

[foxmulder881]

Just change to volume manually and it should stay the same upon reboot unless otherwise changed.

[Lancelot59]

Just change to volume manually and it should stay the same upon reboot unless otherwise changed.

How do I go about doing that?

[foxmulder881]

How do I go about doing that?

Just click on the volume icon in your panel and change to the desired volume. This should be the remembered setting upon each reboot unless it's otherwise changed by you.

[Lancelot59]

Just click on the volume icon in your panel and change to the desired volume. This should be the remembered setting upon each reboot unless it's otherwise changed by you.

The problem is that it isn't remembered. The settings don't load till I login.

[foxmulder881]

The problem is that it isn't remembered. The settings don't load till I login.

Of course they don't. How else would the system know what setting to use if you haven't logged in yet?

[Lancelot59]

Of course they don't. How else would the system know what setting to use if you haven't logged in yet?

Hence my problem. I want to adjust the systems defaults so that it doesn't blow my ears off when it turns on.

[foxmulder881]

Hence my problem. I want to adjust the systems defaults so that it doesn't blow my ears off when it turns on.

Just disable the startup sound. Assuming that's what you're talking about.

[WorMzy]

Get them to your preferred settings, then open a terminal and run:

sudo alsactl store

This should create a file called asound.state inside /etc, which keeps a copy of your current alsa settings and should be read by Ubuntu when the system starts up.

[Lancelot59]

Didn't work. Startup noise still blares.