Hello developers,
Debian applies the following patch to alsaconf:
Index: alsa-utils-1.0.15/alsaconf/alsaconf.in
===================================================================
--- alsa-utils-1.0.15.orig/alsaconf/alsaconf.in 2007-10-21
14:57:02.000000000 +0200
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.15/alsaconf/alsaconf.in 2007-10-21 14:57:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -458,8 +458,16 @@
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) driver.
- You should stop all sound applications now." $version)
- $DIALOG --msgbox "$msg" 20 63 || acex 0
+ You should stop all sound applications now.
+
+ Please notice, that sound configuration with this script
+ is not needed if you are running testing/sid with an up
+ to date kernel and your sound device is a supported PCI
+ one. In that case *udev* is predestinated to load your
+ driver ;)
+ But any way, you can finish this procedure with a working
+ PCI-Sound at the end." $version)
+ $DIALOG --msgbox "$msg" 24 63 || acex 0
}
# FAREWELL
The added note is completely valid: in most cases, there is nothing to
do, even for ISA-PnP cards (because all self-respecting distributions
already contain a rule for loading ISA-PnP drivers). However, the very
presence of alsaconf generates a lot of support traffic on forums in
the form "I have tried alsaconf and it didn't help" (or worse, ruined
a working setup). Also, it cannot deal with more than one sound card.
Could you please either apply the above patch (of course, replacing
the wording with a distro-neutral one), or just drop this obsolete
program and replace it with the "alsa-unmute" script which essentially
contains the same as the set_mixers() function (but allows to specify
the card to unmute)?
--
Alexander E. Patrakov
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