From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from babel.hpcc.noaa.gov ([140.90.74.62]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 172uG0-0003Bl-00 for ; Wed, 01 May 2002 09:34:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (jwantz@localhost) by babel.hpcc.noaa.gov (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g41DYto24254 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 09:34:55 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:34:55 -0400 (EDT) From: jwantz@hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov To: speakup Subject: Re: alsa settings: I'm really mad! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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. > >