Re: [orca-list] Problems With Sound in Ubuntu 12

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com> wrote:
 
> I don't understand why an older release of Ubuntu will work fine with
> the sound card, an AC-97, and if I put Ubuntu 12 on it acts like the
> sound card is dead. I have to have someone manually go in and reset
> the volume controls to hear it, and the next time I reboot all the
> levels go back to 0. Its driving me slightly nuts. 

When you change the volume and shut down the machine, the new settings should
be automatically saved in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state unless Ubuntu are doing
something unusual with their audio configuration.

If you're running Pulse Audio per session, the settings are in ~/.pulse and
should be saved as soon as you change them using pacmd, pactl or, presumably,
Gnome tools.