On 15 June 2012 20:19, Ray Kohler <ataraxia937@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 15 June 2012 19:49, Karol Babioch <karol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Am 15.06.2012 20:35, schrieb Mateusz Loskot: >>>> It doesn't really bother me, but I wonder where the sudden change from? >>> >>> Noticed this also. In my case two pieces of hardware get found and the >>> status on the right column says "failed". Haven't looked into it yet, >>> but probably something else is expected as a return value. >> >> In my case, nothing "fails". Here is screenshot: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloskot/7375548454/ >> >>> But everything works just as usual, even the state of the mixer is being >>> restored, so this is not a major issue for me. >> >> Indeed, same here. >> I'm just curious. > > If the driver of your sound hardware changes, then the stored state > doesn't apply cleanly, and you will get such a message. I generally > see it every time we move to a new kernel series (i.e., 3.3 -> 3.4). I see. > What I do is to check the mixer settings and fix them if needed, and > then run "alsactl store" by hand so as to update the saved state > immediately rather than waiting for it to happen at shutdown time. At > that point it matches the new driver and you won't see this message > again. Bingo! It does the trick, thanks Ray! Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net