From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263522AbTDYJiN (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 05:38:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263535AbTDYJiN (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 05:38:13 -0400 Received: from smtp-out1.iol.cz ([194.228.2.86]:62901 "EHLO smtp-out1.iol.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263522AbTDYJiM (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 05:38:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 00:51:03 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Werner Almesberger Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , Matthias Schniedermeyer , Marc Giger , linux-kernel , pat@suwalski.net Subject: Re: [Bug 623] New: Volume not remembered. Message-ID: <20030424225103.GC1198@elf.ucw.cz> References: <21660000.1051114998@[10.10.2.4]> <20030423164558.GA12202@citd.de> <1508310000.1051116963@flay> <20030423183413.C1425@almesberger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030423183413.C1425@almesberger.net> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Actually, I agree with the submitter. Having the volume default to 0 > > is stupid - userspace tools are all very well, but no substitute for > > sensible kernel defaults. > > You've obviously never been to a meeting/conference and booted > a Linux notebook with a kernel that sets things to a non-zero > default :-) > > If the default is to turn up also the microphone (and to enable > it in the first place), you might notice that even apparently So don't enable the microphone unless /dev/dsp is open for reading... Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]