alsactl: relocation error: alsactl: symbol snd_tlv_parse_dB_info, version ALSA_0.9 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time reference

[EdD]

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

When attempting to store alsa's state to a config file the following error occurs and the config file is not updated:e

Command: sudo alsactl -F -f /etc/asound.state store
Expected Output: None - just to return to the shell command line.
Expected Result: /etc/asound.state is updated with the current alsa settings
Actual Output: alsactl: relocation error: alsactl: symbol snd_tlv_parse_dB_info, version ALSA_0.9 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time reference
Actual Result: /etc/asound.state remains unchanged

A quick google lead me to this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=811901) which shows that there were 2 different 'alsactl' executables present in my system. I renamed /usr/sbin/alsactl to /usr/sbin/alsactl.bak to ensure that the only one in my path was /sbin/alsactl and retried the command 'sudo alsactl -F -f /etc/asound.state store' - this time it was successful and the config file was updated.

This is the first time I have filed a bug report so I hope I have included all the necessary information - I did check but couldn't see any bugs reports containing this information so thought I should raise it in case it is a bug.

Cheers,

Edd

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Self-compiled alsa-utils does not qualify for a bug report. Ubuntu has not shipped /usr/sbin/alsactl (but instead /sbin/alsactl) since dapper.

[EdD (edd-mredd)]

Hi Daniel,

It's now so long ago that I can't remember whether I compiled and installed the ALSA source before experiencing this issue - from your comment I presume that I must have done if Ubuntu hasn't shipped like the since dapper. I'm afraid I can't even check now since I am now running Intrepid on the machine which had the problem.
So I'm guessing that there's not much more which can be done under this bug report - if so please feel free to close it as far as I am concerned.

Cheers,

Edd