WMIX Volume Defaults

Forum: Multimedia
Topic: WMIX Volume Defaults
started by: panama

Posted by panama on July 07 2004,19:59

I like wmix...small, easy to use and functional. But, everytime I re-boot the volume defaults back to low settings. It's not a deal-breaker but it's nice to have it set where you want it when you power up.

thanks for any help!

panama

Posted by cbagger01 on July 08 2004,02:41

You could install the "aumix" command line mixer program.
This program allows you to set your mixer volume levels from the command line.

This makes it easy to add a line to your bootlocal.sh file and re-initialize your default volume levels every time that you boot up.

See the following man page for details:

< http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/aumix.1.html >

Posted by panama on July 08 2004,20:08

hey cbagger,

thanx for the tip...was a good one and worked great...volume actually seemed to be LOUDER than the regular wmix control button!

i would like to add the setting to my boot sequence (as you suggest) but am not sure where. you mention a bootlocal.sh file but i haven't found that file.

i am running a hdd install...any suggestions??

Posted by panama on July 09 2004,23:53

cbagger,

your silence (altho frustrating) taught me another DSL trick...I found the bootlocal.sh (finally) and added the aumix line...worked great (you knew it would)

Thanks again

Posted by cbagger01 on July 11 2004,05:30

panama,

I do not use the bootlocal.sh file and I was not running DSL at the time I replied to your post. I was hoping that someone else could help you out there.

Glad to see that you figured out what you needed to do. Learning is usually fun, although I was not trying to force you to learn on your own. I just could not answer your question.

Posted by panama on July 11 2004,15:15

cbagger,

it's cool...please don't take it the wrong way...all I was saying was that a lesson learned by yourself (the hard way) is a lesson not soon forgotten!

thanks!

Posted by panama on July 12 2004,02:19

Almost forgot...

for those of you who would like to do this:

/opt/bootlocal.sh

open it...edit it like this:

!/bin/bash
aumix -v100 -c100 -i100 -l100 -o100 -p100 -s100 -w100 -1 100
/sbin/syslogd

look at cbaggers aumix link above to see if you want to add anything or leave anything out. My old laptop has an external volume control so I like it to boot up with all the "software" volumes maxed. Hope this helps!

panama