Sound card won't make sounds after restarting
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Q:
I am having trouble getting my sound card to produce sounds. I can reconfigure the card and make it work for a session, but whenever I restart my system, it's mute again. I'm using SUSE Linux 9.1. Any suggestions?
A:
Your ALSA volume settings are being overwritten by the tools in the package kdemultimedia3-mixer when KDE starts. Disable KDE's mixer support and use sound mixers for the ALSA sound system only (e.g. kamix). For complete instructions, see this page.
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