Re: alsa-base breaks linux-sound-base
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> writes:
> On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:38:42 +0200
> lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
>
>> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:56:29 -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:20:02 +0200
>> >> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > (...)
>> >
>> >> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/alsa-base/alsa-base_1.0.25+2+nmu1/changelog
>> >>> * Drop linux-sound-base: OSS was removed from the kernel
>> >>> pre-squeeze.
>> >>> (closes: #662038). Remove all module list generation
>> >>> machinery, it's now obsolete.
>> >>> * Removing linux-sound-base also closes: #376241, #558408 the
>> >>> hard way.
>> >>>
>> >>> Review the referenced bug reports and if there's nothing that
>> >>> solves the problem you're facing you can report it.
>>
>> According to aptitude, alsa-base depends on linux-sound-base and
>> conflicts with linux-sound-base. So you either have to remove both of
>> them or keep their current versions.
>>
>> So am I supposed to report this problem against alsa-base as a problem
>> of broken dependencies? Or should I remove both packages and
>> (forcefully) re-install alsa-base in case I don't have sound anymore
>> afterwards?
>>
>> How did you circumvent the problem?
>>
>>
>
> There wasn't a problem, or at least not when it happened in sid.
Hm ok, I'm running testing, so things might be much different.
> I waited a while in case it was a temporary condition, then let it go
> ahead, and it Just Worked. I'm not very demanding about sound, but it
> does appear to work OK.
The problem came up maybe a week ago and I'm waiting since and still
have it. It probably won't be fixed ...
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