Bug#381658: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#381658: After installing alsa-utils, sound no longer works

[Elimar Riesebieter]

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 the mental interface of
Vincent Lefevre told:

> Package: alsa-utils
> Version: 1.0.11-6
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
> 
> After installing alsa-utils, I can no longer get sound with esd (the
> only device that was working). Indeed, when using "ogg123 -d esd" or
> "mpg123 -o esd", I get the error:
> 
> /dev/dsp: No such device
> 
> If I use no such option, I get:
> 
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:670:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0'
> ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:391:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
> ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1070:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
> ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device
> ALSA lib conf.c:3947:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
> ALSA snd_pcm_open error: No such device
> Error: Cannot open device alsa09.
> 
> as before.

Which plattform?
Which drivers?
Is libao2 installed?
What tells lsmod | grep snd?
Customized kernel?

Elimar


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