Re: Some ALSA apps stopped working [REALLY SOLVED]
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.)
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