alsa settings: I'm really mad!

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi,,
I don't see that apt-get had anything to do with your problem.  I had 
the same thing happen to me using Redhat long before I installed apt for 
rpm.  As somebody already suggested the best solution is to have a 
backup of your good alsa.state or alsa.conf file.

      Jim Wantz
On Wed, 1 May 2002, 
Toby Fisher wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> 
> > Ok, has anybody ever had this happen, especially anybody using debian?
> > Al my setting were just fine and I didn't change them. but just now I couldn't
> > get my sound to work, even with using alsactl restore. Have to do everything
> > over again; all my settings are gone.
> > It has to be that something that upgraded in debian woody when I did my "apt-get
> > update' and "apt-get upgrade" wiped my alsa or at least alsactl stuff out.
> > this is ubelievable!
> > Amixer and alsamixer still work and alsa apparently still gets loaded, but al my
> > settings have to be redone!
> 
> Hmmm, I don't use Debian so don't know about this, but does this apdget
> thing have an option that just tells you what it's going to do, rather
> than doing it?  It's one of the things I like about the Slakware pkgtool,
> there is a --warn option which tells you in full detail which
> files/directories will be added/created/modified/overwritten/deleted etc.
> Call me paranoid, but I really prefer this whenever possible, unless I'm
> installing a lot of packages, for example the whole of X.
> 
> It's also why I've backed up my /etc/asound.conf, I can send it if you
> want, you should then only have to change what you need.  Write to me
> privately if this will help.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
>