> On bootup, the system is fairly busy, and there can be a large
> delay between initialising the kernel driver, and reloading the
> mixer levels from user-space.
> Even with sound drivers as loadable modules, with a post-install
> script to fix the levels, this has been known to take a few
> seconds - long enough to wake the household at 3am when the
> module gets reloaded because something tries to make a sound,
> and the default state of the line input is 'bloody loud' :)
Surely the sound drivers should default to "Mute pressed", and not
generate any sound at all until the user-space utility can configure
them ???
Best wishes from Riley.
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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
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