Johan Lindquist wrote:

>>> I had my audio up and running yesterday, but now it's gone. my music
>>> players seems to be 'rolling out' the music, but the sound is muted.
>>
>> Perhaps the channels /are/ muted. Try the following commands:
>>
>> amixer set Master 100 unmute
>> amixer set PCM 100 unmute
>
> If that works, then add 'alsactl store' and 'alsactl restore' to your
> "/etc/conf.d/local.stop" and "/etc/conf.d/local.start" respectively to
> keep all the volume settings between reboots.

Ahem ... That's what /etc/init.d/alsasound is supposed to be used for.
Just add it to the boot runlevel and everything will be fine.

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