[PATCH 1/2] Move asound.state location to /var/lib/alsa/

[David B. Harris]

/etc might be on a read-only partition which is not suitable for dynamic
data such as the mixer settings. Hence move the location of asound.state
to /var/lib.
---
 alsaconf/alsaconf.in |    4 ++--
 alsactl/alsactl.1    |    4 ++--
 alsactl/alsactl.c    |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/alsaconf/alsaconf.in b/alsaconf/alsaconf.in
index ccc1b37..b9815d1 100644
--- a/alsaconf/alsaconf.in
+++ b/alsaconf/alsaconf.in
@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ If you have a big amplifier, lower your volumes or say no.
 	  aplay -N $TESTSOUND
       fi
     fi
-    if [ ! -r /etc/asound.state ]; then
-	xecho "Saving the mixer setup used for this in /etc/asound.state."
+    if [ ! -r /var/lib/alsa/asound.state ]; then
+	xecho "Saving the mixer setup used for this in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state."
 	$sbindir/alsactl store
     fi
     clear
diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.1 b/alsactl/alsactl.1
index eb3cbd1..eb5968c 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.1
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.1
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Print alsactl version number.
 
 .TP
 \fI\-f, \-\-file\fP
-Select the configuration file to use. The default is /etc/asound.state.
+Select the configuration file to use. The default is /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
 
 .TP
 \fI\-F, \-\-force\fP
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The configuration file for init. By default, PREFIX/share/alsa/init/00main
 is used.
 
 .SH FILES
-\fI/etc/asound.state\fP (or whatever file you specify with the
+\fI/var/lib/alsa/asound.state\fP (or whatever file you specify with the
 \fB\-f\fP flag) is used to store current settings for your
 soundcards. The settings include all the usual soundcard mixer
 settings.  More importantly, alsactl is
diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.c b/alsactl/alsactl.c
index 3b5dfda..59f0738 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.c
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
 #include "alsactl.h"
 
-#define SYS_ASOUNDRC "/etc/asound.state"
+#define SYS_ASOUNDRC "/var/lib/alsa/asound.state"
 
 int debugflag = 0;
 int force_restore = 1;
-- 
1.7.3.2


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