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Bug 758488 - media-sound/alsa-utils binary installation doesn't install /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d directory
Summary: media-sound/alsa-utils binary installation doesn't install /usr/share/alsa/al...
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo ALSA team
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Reported: 2020-12-05 07:46 UTC by Einstok Fair
Modified: 2022-12-10 15:28 UTC (History)
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Description Einstok Fair 2020-12-05 07:46:27 UTC 
# emerge -GK alsa-utils
...
# which alsamixer
/usr/bin/alsamixer
# qfile /usr/bin/alsamixer
media-sound/alsa-utils: /usr/bin/alsamixer
# alsamixer

ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.3.2-r1/work/alsa-lib-1.2.3.2/src/conf.c:3817:(config_file_open) cannot access file /etc/alsa/conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.3.2-r1/work/alsa-lib-1.2.3.2/src/conf.c:3737:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.2.3.2-r1/work/alsa-lib-1.2.3.2/src/conf.c:4201:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

# readlink /etc/alsa/conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf
# ls /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d': No such file or directory
Comment 1 Einstok Fair 2020-12-05 08:14:02 UTC 
a similar issue
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=912755
Comment 2 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev 2020-12-05 11:15:18 UTC 
> /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf
This is installed by alsa-plugins with USE=ffmpeg
Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2022-12-10 15:28:02 UTC 
alsamixer runs fine for me even without that directory being present (alsa-utils-1.2.8)