alsa-base: alsaconf fails because of missing files/symlinks

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #256698
http://bugs.debian.org/256698

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Automatically imported from Debian bug report #256698
http://bugs.debian.org/256698

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:26:58 +0200
From: Toine Schreurs <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: alsa-base: alsaconf fails because of missing files/symlinks

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.5a-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

On a freshly installed system, the only present file is
/etc/alsa/0.9
The file /etc/alsa/modutils/1.0 is missing and causes alsaconf
to fail.

The workaround was:
mkdir /etc/alsa/modutils
touch /etc/alsa/modutils/1.0
ln -s /etc/alsa/modutils/1.0 /etc/modprobe.d/alsa
ln -s /etc/alsa/modutils/1.0 /etc/modutils/alsa

After these commands, alsaconf runs without problems.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii alsa-utils 1.0.5-1 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ii debconf 1.4.25 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii modutils 2.4.26-1 Linux module utilities
ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy

-- debconf information:
  alsa-base/alsactl_store_on_shutdown: autosave always

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

The problem arise only on 2.4 kernels that we don't support but a fix has been
uploaded as: alsa-utils_1.0.5-1ubuntu1

alsa modules (1.0) for 2.4 are still built outside the kernel
and alsafoc does specific distinction between 2.4 and 2.6 config files.
For latter is uses /etc/modprobe.d/sound whilst for the former uses
/etc/alsa/modutils/1.0

The fix has been done changing the 2.4 config file from /etc/alsa/modutils/1.0
to /etc/modutils/alsa-base

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Created an attachment (id=11)
Fix support with 2.4

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Hi Jordi,
 as we discussed on irc this is a possible patch to fix this bug:

http://we.give.back.to.debian.even.if.we.have.no-name-yet.com/patches/alsa-utils.256698.diff

Thanks
Fabio

PS the problem resides in alsa-utils more than in alsa-base but i leave up
to you how you want to handle the bug

--
<user> fajita: step one
<fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log.
<user> fajita: step two
<fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:49:59 +0200 (CEST)
From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>

Hi Jordi,
 as we discussed on irc this is a possible patch to fix this bug:

http://we.give.back.to.debian.even.if.we.have.no-name-yet.com/patches/alsa-utils.256698.diff

Thanks
Fabio

PS the problem resides in alsa-utils more than in alsa-base but i leave up
to you how you want to handle the bug

--
<user> fajita: step one
<fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log.
<user> fajita: step two
<fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.

[Jordi Mallach (jordi)]

Source: alsa-utils
Source-Version: 1.0.5-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
alsa-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.diff.gz
alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.dsc
  to pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.dsc
alsa-utils_1.0.5-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.5-2_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jordi Mallach <email address hidden> (supplier of updated alsa-utils package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:36:25 +0200
Source: alsa-utils
Binary: alsa-utils
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.0.5-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Jordi Mallach <email address hidden>
Description:
 alsa-utils - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utilities)
Closes: 254360 256698 257753 258606
Changes:
 alsa-utils (1.0.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Jordi Mallach:
     - debian/patches/90_debian_alsaconf.dpatch: update config file
       location (closes: #256698). Thanks, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto.
     - debian/control: don't suggest alsadriver, which isn't provided
       by anything anymore (closes: #258606).
     - debian/rules:
       + apply patch from Mikael Magnusson to apply patches before
         configure, to assure alsaconf.in gets the patches applied
         on time. Thanks! (closes: #257753).
       + don't set sysconfdir to /etc/alsa/0.9 anymore.
     - debian/dirs: remove etc/alsa/0.9 (closes: #254360).
Files:
 aefe4f78fdecd811df688b95d18f061f 792 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.dsc
 d60c03bf9c1ee4bcc9a440915b4aa57e 9508 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.diff.gz
 2b3461e22d9c0272e08ad216710382a2 135872 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.5-2_i386.deb

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:02:20 -0400
From: Jordi Mallach <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#256698: fixed in alsa-utils 1.0.5-2

Source: alsa-utils
Source-Version: 1.0.5-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
alsa-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.diff.gz
alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.dsc
  to pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.dsc
alsa-utils_1.0.5-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.5-2_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jordi Mallach <email address hidden> (supplier of updated alsa-utils package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing <email address hidden>)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:36:25 +0200
Source: alsa-utils
Binary: alsa-utils
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.0.5-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian ALSA Maintainers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Jordi Mallach <email address hidden>
Description:
 alsa-utils - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (utilities)
Closes: 254360 256698 257753 258606
Changes:
 alsa-utils (1.0.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Jordi Mallach:
     - debian/patches/90_debian_alsaconf.dpatch: update config file
       location (closes: #256698). Thanks, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto.
     - debian/control: don't suggest alsadriver, which isn't provided
       by anything anymore (closes: #258606).
     - debian/rules:
       + apply patch from Mikael Magnusson to apply patches before
         configure, to assure alsaconf.in gets the patches applied
         on time. Thanks! (closes: #257753).
       + don't set sysconfdir to /etc/alsa/0.9 anymore.
     - debian/dirs: remove etc/alsa/0.9 (closes: #254360).
Files:
 aefe4f78fdecd811df688b95d18f061f 792 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.dsc
 d60c03bf9c1ee4bcc9a440915b4aa57e 9508 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.5-2.diff.gz
 2b3461e22d9c0272e08ad216710382a2 135872 sound optional alsa-utils_1.0.5-2_i386.deb

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[David (rldwallace)]

I don't have /etc/alsa at all on fresh install.