Strange cron behaviour

[ka9qlq]

If I type
amixer -c 0 sset Front,0 40%,40%
in a terminal my speakers are set to 40%, but put that in a cron job and the speakers are set to 100%
Huh?
Alvin

[james147]

What is the exact line in the cronjob?

[ka9qlq]

in system settings/advanced/task scheduler it's
amixer -c 0 sset Line,0 40%,40%
but crontab none of the working or not working tasks show
Alvin

[james147]

whats the output of "crontab -l"

[ka9qlq]

alvin@dittohead:~/bin/weatherspeak$ crontab -l
#No comment
SHELL=/bin/sh

#No comment
10,40 * * * * /home/alvin/bin/wxmaps/getmaps

#No comment
30 * * * * /home/alvin/bin/time

#Hourtime
0 0,1,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 * * * /home/alvin/bin/hourtime

#Time and temp
15,45 * * * * /home/alvin/bin/HWR/time-temp

#Cucuclock
0 2,3,4,5,6,7 * * * /home/alvin/bin/cucu.yab

#No comment
5,35 5,6,7 * * * /home/alvin/bin/HWR/time-forcast

#No comment
0 5,16 * * * /usr/bin/podget

#Refreash the screen
*/5 * * * * /home/alvin/bin/refreshbackground

#No comment
30 1,16 * * * amixer -c 0 sset Front,0 unmute

#No comment
#\* * * * * amixer -c 0 sset Line,0 40%,40%

#No comment
#\55 * * * * amixer -c 0 sset Front,0 55%,55%

#No comment
#\2,4,6,8,12,17,22,28,33,38,43,47,53,57 * * * * /home/alvin/bin/wxmaps/radar

#Imprimas
25 1 * * * /usr/bin/podget -c podgetrc2

#Clear ~/POD of m3u's
#\0 6 * * * rm /home/alvin/POD/*.m3u

#No comment
@reboot /home/alvin/bin/hdparm-set

#Start fatrat
#\0 1 * * * /usr/bin/fatrat

#No comment
10 * * * * /home/alvin/bin/HWR/HAMweather-05.yab

#No comment
20,50 12,16,17,18 * * * /home/alvin/bin/HWR/time-cond

#No comment
12 * * * * killall HAMweather-05.yab


# File generated by KCron the Sunday, January 22, 2012 10:14 pm.

[ka9qlq]

fatrat wont load ether so it's disabled too
Alvin

[james147]

Apart from it being disabled, there dosnt seem anything wrong with the line... what happens if you execute the command from a tty (not from the gui)? Also, what happens if you execute it from a tty with the /bin/sh shell?

As a side note, why are you trying to set your volumes in a cronjob?

[ka9qlq]

That's just it, when I put the same thing in a terminal it works fine but cron puts Front at 100% every time. doesn't seem to notice the 40%. unmute works good IF sound levels are set right. I never turn the PC off so when I switch from headphones at lunch or nap time or bed time and forget to adjust the volume it will anyway. Yah I'm lazy, plus I'm disabled, I can't just pop back up and set them if I remember after I'm laid down.