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Re: Sound volume user specific?



On Sun,31.Aug.08, 17:37:22, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to control sound volume on each user account independently? 
>> So when user A logs in and changes the sound volume (with gnome alsa 
>> mixer) to max it won't affect user's B settings.
>> It is desktop debian (sid) machine, ALSA, Gnome.
>>
>
> It should be possible to write a script that saves the mixer settings at 
> logout and restores them at login. It happens automatically at shutdown and 
> startup, so look in /etc/init.d/alsa-utils for the relevant sections and 
> modify them for your use.

AFAIK that script uses "alsactl {store|restore}" which works only for 
root. Use amixer instead.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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