Package: gkrellm-volume Version: 2.1.13-1 the attached patch adds a missing initialization of the changed_state member in the ALSA mixer.
-- Jindrich Makovicka
--- alsa_mixer.c.orig 2004-08-19 22:07:27.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa_mixer.c 2006-03-12 15:30:05.774491108 +0100 @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ alsaresult->sids = (snd_mixer_selem_id_t **) malloc(sizeof(snd_mixer_selem_id_t *) * count); alsaresult->ctltype = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * count); - + alsaresult->changed_state = 0; for (elem = snd_mixer_first_elem(handle), i = 0; elem; elem = snd_mixer_elem_next(elem)) {