On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:30:15 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: [...]
> Problem solved. alsaconf runs the obsolete command "update-modules" which > modifies /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf if present. According to > the update-modules man page the existence of /etc/modprobe.conf will cause > /etc/modprobe.d/ to be ignored by Debian packages which store their > configuration files there. [...] > I am not sure why /etc/modprobe.conf existed. Probably because my Etch > (Stable) > system has been incrementally upgraded from Woody (Stable) and Etch (Testing). > > Worth reporting as a bug, do you think? I would say so; the manpage of update-modules is pretty clear about it: "Any program calling [update-modules] should be fixed." (It is nice that this possible pitfall is now documented in the list archives.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
