I thought I’ll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I’ll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

  • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
    9·
    7 months ago

    If you run a systemd distro (which is most distro, arch, debian, fedora, and most of their derivatives), you can create a service file, which will autostart as root on startup.

    The service file /etc/systemd/system/<your service>.service should like

    [Unit]
Description=some description

[Service]
ExecStart=alsactrl restore

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

    then

    systemctl enable <your service>.service --now

    you can check its status via

    systemctl status <your service>.service

    you will need to change <your service> to your desired service name.

    For details, read: https://linuxhandbook.com/create-systemd-services/

    • HATEFISH@midwest.social
      2·
      7 months ago

      This one seemed perfect but nothing lasts after the reboot for whatever reason. If i manually re-enable the service its all good so I suspect theres no issue with the below - I added the after=multi-user.target after the first time it didn’t hold after reboot.

      
[Unit]
Description=Runs alsactl restore to fix microphone loop into headphones
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
ExecStart=alsactl restore

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

      When I run a status check it shows it deactivates as soon as it runs

      Apr 11 20:32:24 XXXXX systemd[1]: Started Runs alsactl restore to fix microphone loop into headphones.
Apr 11 20:32:24 XXXXX systemd[1]: alsactl-restore.service: Deactivated successfully.
        • HATEFISH@midwest.social
          1·
          7 months ago

          It seems to have no effect either way. Originally I attempted without, then when it didn’t hold after a reboot and some further reading I added the After= line in attempt to ensure the service isn’t trying to initiate before it should be possible.

          I can manually enable the service with or without the After= line with the same results of it actually working. Just doesn’t hold after a reboot.