> > 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
So don't enable the microphone unless /dev/dsp is open for reading...
Pavel
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