Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.0.14-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
After installing this package, alsa stopped working and would not restart with any of the usual methods; /etc/init.d/alsasound, for example, would simply hang. I discovered that I had to manually load all the snd* modules, but any attempt to load my particular alsa kernel module failed: # modprobe snd-via82xx sh: /usr/lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install: No such file or directory FATAL: Error running install command for snd_via82xx FIX: I created the directory /usr/lib/alsa, and then cp /etc/alsa/modprobe-post-install.d/alsa-utils /usr/lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install This allows me to modprobe snd_via82xx, which creates /dev/dsp, and sound is restored. However, this is a temporary fix. For example, /etc/init.d/alsasound restart does not restart the alsa sound system -- the sound system stops but does not come back on, and all snd kernel modules (snd-pcm, etc.) are unloaded. Another attempt also fails: # /etc/init.d/alsa reload Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded). Loading ALSA sound driver modules: (none to reload). and # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start Setting up ALSA...done (none loaded). In other words, none of the automatic support mechanisms seem to work any longer. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on: ii dialog 1.1-20070604-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii libasound2 1.0.14-1 ALSA library ii libc6 2.5-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6-3 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii linux-sound-base 1.0.13-5 base package for ALSA and OSS soun ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii modutils 2.4.27.0-6 Linux module utilities ii pciutils 1:2.2.4-1 Linux PCI Utilities ii python 2.4.4-6 An interactive high-level object-o ii whiptail 0.52.2-10 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends: ii alsa-base 1.0.13-5 ALSA driver configuration files -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]