On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After a routine upgrade it seems I don't have any sound devices any more. > > More in detail: > > * The driver for my card (RME HDSP MADI, snd_hdpsm) is loaded. > * aplay -L tells me there is only the 'null' device. > * (re)starting /etc/rc.d/alsa doesn't change things. > * There is *no* /dev/pcm at all. > * /sys/class/sound only has a link to a timer device. > * No traces in dmesg or /var/log/messages of anything going wrong. > > I suspect udev fails to do the right things. > > * /etc/udev/rules.d is empty > * /etc/udev/udev.conf contains only the line > udev_log="err" > > This is a professional studio and I'm expecting clients tomorrow at 09:00. You could try udev from testing (I agree that probably udev is the culprit, though it has not been updated in core for some time). -t
