Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:34:13 -0300 | From | Werner Almesberger <> | Subject | Re: [Bug 623] New: Volume not remembered. |
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Martin J. Bligh wrote: > Actually, I agree with the submitter. Having the volume default to 0 > is stupid - userspace tools are all very well, but no substitute for > sensible kernel defaults.
You've obviously never been to a meeting/conference and booted a Linux notebook with a kernel that sets things to a non-zero default :-)
If the default is to turn up also the microphone (and to enable it in the first place), you might notice that even apparently weak speakers are perfectly capable of producing a very LOUD alarm-like sound. And you'll have to sit through this until your user-mode utility loads and turns the mess off, while everybody is turning to stare at you.
0 is the only safe default setting.
- Werner
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