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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

alsaconf appends strange stuff to modprobe.conf

Here's a strange little bug. If you tell alsaconf "yes" when asked whether you want to modify modprobe.conf, it appends this to the file:

alias snd-card-0 snd-*** debug [lib/liblow.c(205)]:
alias sound-slot-0 snd-*** debug [lib/liblow.c(205)]:

instead of putting in whatever module it ought to. Both the last and current version of alsa-utils seem to be affected.

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: alsaconf appends strange stuff to modprobe.conf

This has been an issue for a while.

From http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … low#124561 found by searching "alsaconf liblow"

A google search indicated that liblow.c belongs to gpm.

If you remove gpm, alsaconf works fine.  If you need gpm, then you'll need to complain to them.

shbang

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Registered: 2005-10-03

Posts: 76

Re: alsaconf appends strange stuff to modprobe.conf

Another quote:

man, that liblows