Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: New snapshot of modutils | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:47:23 +0000 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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amorsen@sscnet.com said: > For a while I have been wondering why the sound drivers do not just > initialize the mixer levels to zero. Then the post-install script can > set the levels to anything the user wants, and no noise should be > heard.
Still no good. Common situation: User has sound modules autoloaded by kerneld/kmod, to save memory. User sets CD sound level, starts listening to CD. Sound modules are unloaded. Something opens /dev/dsp. Sound modules reset the mixer levels on loading.
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