Kmix muted on boot [SOLVED]

[werdigo49]

Simple question, I imagine: How do I get Natty to open with Kmix UNMUTED? Clicking on the systray's speaker shows the red X indicating "muted." Unless I'm really fast at unmuting it, I miss the boot-up music.

[sithlord48]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

open kmix and under settings -> configure kmix . be sure that "restore volume at login" is enabled

then when you unmute your sound it should be unmuted next time you start the machine.

[werdigo49]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

open kmix and under settings -> configure kmix . be sure that "restore volume at login" is enabled

then when you unmute your sound it should be unmuted next time you start the machine.

Thanks, sith... but I should have mentioned that I had tried that, to no effect. The systray speaker shows "muted, 23% volume" even when I open the Kmix settings window and make sure all the "Configure" boxes are checked, unmute the speaker, and set the volume to (say) 48%. When I restart the computer, the "muted, 23% volume" setting has been restored.

[sithlord48]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

in that case you might want to try to remove your kmixrc file use the command

rm ~/.kde/share/config/kmixrc

[werdigo49]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

Hmmm...no such file that I could find. Here's the console output:

werdigo49@computer:~$ sudo ls /root/.kde/share/config
emailidentities kcminputrc kdebugrc kio_httprc knoderc kresources kwinrc partitionmanagerrc plasmarc
katerc kcm_partitionmanagerrc kdedrc kioslaverc konquerorrc ksmserverrc kwinrulesrc phonondevicesrc plasmoidviewer-appletsrc
kcalcrc kcmshellrc kdeglobals klipperrc kopeterc ktimezonedrc libkcal_htmlexportrc plasma-appletsrc
kcmaudiocdrc kconf_updaterc kfmclientrc kmail.eventsrc korganizerrc kuriikwsfilterrc libkleopatrarc plasma-desktop-appletsrc
kcmdisplayrc kcookiejarrc kglobalshortcutsrc kmailrc kpgprc kwin.eventsrc mailtransports plasma-desktoprc
werdigo@computer:~$

Guess I'm missing something here, either in the "don't understand" or "it ain't here" sense, or both.

[sithlord48]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

you didn't even use the command i gave you..

rm ~/.kde/share/config/kmixrc

note the '~/' that means in YOUR home folder (i.e /home/username)

when you do

sudo ls ~/.kde/share/config

you are looking at root's home folder you are not root, so you dont' want to look in roots home folder.

[werdigo49]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

Thanks again, sith...

No offense intended, but I don't like to simply run commands without having at least a little idea of what they're doing. A first step with yours seemed like looking for the file you advised me to delete. Thanks for explaining the tilde; not realizing its meaning, I tried "ls /.kde" and didn't find much (I thought that would get me /home/user/.kde but I guess not), so looked in root.

Deleting the file, though, didn't make any difference. An an experiment I UNCHECKED the "restore volumes on login" box, and restarted the computer. The speaker opened UNMUTED and the boot-up music came right on. So who knows... seems counterintuitive and I don't know the explanation, but so far it works. I'll try it a few more times before marking this as "solved."

[sithlord48]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

the only reason that i suggested removing the file is because that is where your settings for kmix are stored. and maybe they were corrupted.

[kubicle]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

Could be this bug:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249180

Seems to be a problem with kmix when using pulseaudio.

[sithlord48]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

Could be this bug:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249180

Seems to be a problem with kmix when using pulseaudio.

ahh Pulseaudio you've done it again ... :P

[werdigo49]

Re: Kmix muted on boot

Thanks, sith and kubicle. Yes, that bug sounds like exactly what I have. I'll keep an eye on that discussion but the workaround is acceptable to me.