[lug] Locking the volume control at %100

[Quentin Hartman]

I don't know about locking the control, maybe some permission changes on
the audio devices? It's hackish and ugly, but maybe a cronjob that maxes
the volume via one of the many cli-mixer utilities would do the trick?  As
I recall the syntax for alsamixer is something like "amixer set master
100%". Should double-check that though. As you allude to though, audio has
gotten complicated enough that I'm not sure you'll find a universally
reliable fix.


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Bruce Long <qstream at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the people who call me for tech help accidentally mutes the volume
> sometimes. With all the volume controls in different apps / web pages and
> on the panel it is hard for this (elderly) person to fix the problem
> himself. Once a month or so I get called because the sound is broken and
> it's usually that the volume is muted or that the speakers are plugged into
> the microphone jack. Is there a way to lock all volume controls to %100?
> Then he can use the physical knob on the external speakers. Simply removing
> the volume control applet isn't enough by itself because other apps will
> change the volume and random key presses would cause it to be be muted via
> function key.
>
> He is using Mint LMDE (because it automatically upgrades itself.)
>
> Bruce
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