Re: Sound stopped working in Sid

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 28 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote:
> 
> Meanwhile, you could try my workaround [1] for Etch:
> 
> "The problem in alsaconf is the result of the presence of the file
> /etc/modprobe.conf. This causes /etc/modprobe.d/ to be ignored by Debian
> packages (including alsaconf) which store their configuration files in
> /etc/modprobe.d/. The permanent solution is to move /etc/modprobe.conf out of
> the way. Do not delete it just in case there are modules listed in it by other
> applications that you may need to know about if those applications start
> misbehaving. Rename the file instead:
> 
>  # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete
> 
> Now run alsaconf again and everything should work."
> 

I don't have this file at all but still the problem occurs.


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