Hi, I found the cause of the issue. This is what happens of first boot/login (i.e., when there is no ~/.pulse directory).
* boot: /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start # set volume to default levels * login: pulseaudio --start # keep current volume (no saved one available) * logout: #pulseaudio keeps running!! * reboot /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop # save current volume and mute mixer kill pulseudio # save current volume (oops, mixer is mute!) Second boot/login: * boot: /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start # set volume to saved one (good!) * login: pulseaudio --start # restore volume to saved one (oops, muted!) Note that alsa and pulseaudio store volume separately. I am attaching an easy proof-of-concept fix: prevent alsa-utils from zeroing the mixer. It work for me. But I would not blame alsa for doing that. I'd rather think that we should ensure that pulseaudio gets stopped before "alsa-utils stop" is called or when the user is logged out. Thanks, Ludovico
--- /etc/init.d/alsa-utils.orig 2009-12-24 01:42:33.000000000 +0100 +++ /etc/init.d/alsa-utils 2009-12-24 01:43:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ esac card_OK "$TARGET_CARD" || log_action_end_msg_and_exit "$( [ ! "$2" ] ; echo $? ; )" "none loaded" store_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1 - mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1 + #mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1 log_action_end_msg_and_exit "$EXITSTATUS" ;; restart|force-reload)
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