[Bugs] #760 UNSP: Record audio not working on SoaS

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#760: Record audio not working on SoaS
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    Reporter:  walter                     |          Owner:  alsroot                    
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  closed                     
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  Record                     |        Version:  0.84.x                     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |     Resolution:  fixed                      
    Keywords:                             |   Distribution:  SoaS                       
Status_field:  Unconfirmed                |  
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Comment(by tomeu):

 Replying to [comment:10 alsroot]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 davidjim]:
 > > Replying to [comment:8 alsroot]:
 > > >
 > > > check alsamixer again:
 > > > $ alsamixer -V capture
 > > >
 > > > if you are using pulseaudio(SoaS does it by default), use:
 > > > $ alsamixer -c 0 -V capture
 > > >
 > > > and enable all channels(by <Space> key), maybe you'll have to switch
 to proper input sources for some
 channels(internal_mic/docking_station_mic/mix/etc)
 > > > and for example on my notebook with HDA Intel sound card I had to
 increase level of "Digital" channel
 > >
 > > Thanks a lot!, that fixes the problem! But, if I restart the machine,
 the problem is there again.
 > > Is there a way to make a script or something like that?
 >
 > Sorry, this question is very distro specific(but in my mind every distro
 sould store levels of alsa channels on shutdown/reboot).
 >
 > At least on my box Gentoo stores all levels and restores them on
 startup.

 All distros do this AFAIK. What I suspect is that the overlay is not
 working, so changes to the main filesystem aren't persisting. Can we
 verify this?

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