18268 – alsasound service freeze when the /etc/asound.state is corrupted

Bug 18268 - alsasound service freeze when the /etc/asound.state is corrupted

Summary: alsasound service freeze when the /etc/asound.state is corrupted

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-03-26 18:31 UTC by Frédéric COIFFIER
Modified:	2004-02-23 10:44 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Frédéric COIFFIER 2003-03-26 18:31:54 UTC

When the /etc/asound.state is corrupted (in my case, after a bad reboot), the
alsasound script freeze and the init blocks at this step.
I think that the /usr/sbin/alsactl command don't check the format of the file
which is put in argument.

Comment 1 Andrew Cooks (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-12-11 13:06:45 UTC

This bug is quite old now. Both the alsa packages and alsasound have changed considerably in the mean time.

Can this still be reproduced?

Comment 2 Priit Laes (IRC: plaes) 2004-02-11 01:44:23 UTC

Yep.. it happens on my machine.
First i thought it was because of the devfs->udev upgrade.

Comment 3 Priit Laes (IRC: plaes) 2004-02-11 01:47:08 UTC

Now, after i have deleted the /etc/asound.state and restarted alsasound, it works fine.

Comment 4 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-19 00:55:59 UTC

So then is this still a problem?  Can you provide me with the corrupt asound.state file?  What version of the alsa packages do you have?  What's the output of 'emerge info'?  Can you try using the alsasound init script in bug #41600?

Comment 5 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-23 10:44:55 UTC

closing due to lack of response.  If this is not fixed, please try the latest alsasound init script from /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsasound before reopening.

Thanks.