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How would I re-install alsa to get the default configuration back? I am not getting any sound even though lspci sees my sound card. I was messing with some alsa files for an unrelated issue and now sound doesn't work. A simple
pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-lib
does not work because i guess it doesn't replace all the files.
I want a clean slate for alsa. Also I cannot un-install alsa-lib because a bunch of programs depends on it. So how can I get the default config without having to re-install Arch??
Last edited by Inxsible (2009-04-08 15:42:37)
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A simple
pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-lib
does not work because i guess it doesn't replace all the files.
It should do apart from files that get saved as .pacnew. Check the pacman output.
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Inxsible wrote:A simple
pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-lib
does not work because i guess it doesn't replace all the files.
It should do apart from files that get saved as .pacnew. Check the pacman output.
Well, I created some controls for MPD and software. Now I no longer use mpd, but even when I re-install alsa, and then start it up again those controls remain. Also on every reboot, the sound stops working and I have to delete the libasound files under /usr/lib and then re-install alsa-lib for it to work again.
As for the pacman output, it says nothing except giving the usual warning about re-installing an up-to-date package.
Last edited by Inxsible (2009-03-31 18:05:35)
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The main ALSA files are part of the kernel package, those are just the userspace stuff. As for alsa-lib being required by stuff, 'pacman -Rd alsa-lib' 'pacman -S alsa-lib'? Or even just the latter?
Also try searching the filesystem for -iname '*alsa*'. There's a configuration file pacman tells you about in /etc/conf.d/, for example.
Last edited by Ranguvar (2009-03-31 18:15:42)
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Allan wrote:Inxsible wrote:A simple
pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-lib
does not work because i guess it doesn't replace all the files.
It should do apart from files that get saved as .pacnew. Check the pacman output.
Well, I created some controls for MPD and software. Now I no longer use mpd, but even when I re-install alsa, and then start it up again those controls remain. Also on every reboot, the sound stops working and I have to delete the libasound files under /usr/lib and then re-install alsa-lib for it to work again.
As for the pacman output, it says nothing except giving the usual warning about re-installing an up-to-date package.
I had a problem with alsa where I lost sound every time I rebooted on an old laptop. A solution or work around might be found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1059956 ....post #25
Last edited by wolfvorkian (2009-04-01 17:05:29)
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The main ALSA files are part of the kernel package, those are just the userspace stuff. As for alsa-lib being required by stuff, 'pacman -Rd alsa-lib' 'pacman -S alsa-lib'? Or even just the latter?
Also try searching the filesystem for -iname '*alsa*'. There's a configuration file pacman tells you about in /etc/conf.d/, for example.
Thanks. The sound was really unpredictable. It worked for a few days and then stopped working. I used the -d flag to get rid of alsa and alsa-lib and then re-installed. works now --- as of yet.
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