60709 – /etc/init.d/alsasound script fails with Linux-2.6.8

Bug 60709 - /etc/init.d/alsasound script fails with Linux-2.6.8

Summary: /etc/init.d/alsasound script fails with Linux-2.6.8

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 60687

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2004-08-17 13:10 UTC by Richard A Downing
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Richard A Downing 2004-08-17 13:10:34 UTC

alsasound greps /proc/asound/cards - this never returns.  If this is removed the same script fails with an awk command later.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build Linux-2.6.8-gentoo from gentoo-dev-sources.  Configured with sound-card, but not alsa.
2. Boot this kernel and emerge alsa-driver-1.0.5a.  rc-update add alsasound boot.
3. Try /etc/init.d/alsasound start.  This never terminates.

Actual Results:  
The process is running grep on /proc/asound/cards.  This will never terminate. 
cat /proc/asound/cards also never terminates, it just repeats infinitely
outputting the same string over and over.

Expected Results:  
If Linux-2.6.8 is right (i.e. the change is deliberate) the the alsasound script
needs to access /proc/asound.cards in a different way.

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-17 13:30:31 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 60687 ***