Ugh. alsa-utils is the original culprit for this symptom and is the reason the start action was changed in the most recent upload.
For all intents and purposes, across the various Karmic installs that I have access to, I cannot reproduce this symptom, as PulseAudio correctly restores the device and stream volumes. Please verify that reverting the relevant change[0] in the most recent upload resolves your issue, and then we can move forward with troubleshooting what's probably a race condition in the invocation of alsactl store. [0] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/alsa-utils/ubuntu.new/revision/29 -- note that you just need to comment out that line (353) ** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Daniel T Chen (crimsun) ** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Alsa mixer Master Front volume resets to minimum on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449589 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs