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From: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bug 623] New: Volume not remembered.
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>> As to "There was little coherance between the various soundcards", yes
>> this probably needs to be a per-soundcard setting for sensible defaults.
>> I presume this is what the distros do?
>> 
>> Defaulting to silence seems user-malevolent ... 
> 
> The problem is (normaly) a "one time while installing"-problem. So don't
> see the point. The "helper" that finds out the soundcard, should also do
> a "find out the default volume to use"-round with the user.

I'd rather not be drowned in Windows / Kudzu crap, personally.

M.