On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:25:29 +0200, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > On 27. 10. 21 16:40, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > alsactl prints error messages from alsa-lib as is, and it's rather > > annoying to see the error messages like > > > > alsactl[xxx]: alsa-lib parser.c:242:(error_node) UCM is not supported for this HDA model (HDA Intel PCH...) > > alsactl[xxx]: alsa-lib main.c:1405:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:0 use case configuration -6 > > > > that are recorded in the syslog at each boot. > > > > This patch adds --quiet (or -q) option to suppress those error > > messages from alsa-lib, and applies to the systemd services as > > default. > > The fix is inaccurate as it's just a warning not an error. But it says "error" :) > The > question is, how to signal those warnings to users to eliminate the > confusion. > > The suppression of all alsa-lib errors does not seem like a good idea to me. At least the messages that are no real errors should not be shown in that way. It's nothing but confusing. thanks, Takashi