/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.

This is based on a patch from Ubuntu/Debian which hardcoded the pah in /var/lib. --- Makefile.am | 3 +++ alsaconf/alsaconf.in | 5 +++-- alsactl/Makefile.am | 1 + alsactl/alsactl.1 | 4 ++-- alsactl/alsactl.c | 4 +++- configure.in | 6 ++++++ 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 62e1ba6..48a4780 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -38,5 +38,8 @@ dist-hook: $(TAR) --create --verbose --file=- $(distdir) | bzip2 -c -9 > $(distdir).tar.bz2 ; \ fi

+install-data-hook: + $(MKDIR_P) -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(ASOUND_STATE_DIR) + DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \ --with-systemdsystemunitdir=$$dc_install_base/$(systemdsystemunitdir) diff --git a/alsaconf/alsaconf.in b/alsaconf/alsaconf.in index ccc1b37..cf87784 100644 --- a/alsaconf/alsaconf.in +++ b/alsaconf/alsaconf.in @@ -956,8 +956,9 @@ 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." + mkdir -p -m 0755 @ASOUND_STATE_DIR@ + if [ ! -r @ASOUND_STATE_DIR@/asound.state ]; then + xecho "Saving the mixer setup used for this in @ASOUND_STATE_DIR@/asound.state." $sbindir/alsactl store fi clear diff --git a/alsactl/Makefile.am b/alsactl/Makefile.am index 9a2d30e..721b619 100644 --- a/alsactl/Makefile.am +++ b/alsactl/Makefile.am @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ endif EXTRA_DIST=alsactl.1 alsactl_init.xml

alsactl_SOURCES=alsactl.c state.c utils.c init_parse.c +alsactl_CFLAGS=$(AM_CFLAGS) -DSYS_ASOUNDRC="$(ASOUND_STATE_DIR)/asound.state" noinst_HEADERS=alsactl.h list.h init_sysdeps.c init_utils_string.c init_utils_run.c init_sysfs.c

udevrulesdir=/lib/udev/rules.d 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..57436f7 100644 --- a/alsactl/alsactl.c +++ b/alsactl/alsactl.c @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ #include <alsa/asoundlib.h> #include "alsactl.h"

-#define SYS_ASOUNDRC "/etc/asound.state" +#ifndef SYS_ASOUNDRC +#define SYS_ASOUNDRC "/var/lib/alsa/asound.state" +#endif

int debugflag = 0; int force_restore = 1; diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index 54ea74c..94a2b17 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ if test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno; then fi AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])

+AC_ARG_WITH(ASOUND_STATE_DIR, + AS_HELP_STRING([--with-asound-state-dir=DIR], [Directory to place asound.state file in]), + [ASOUND_STATE_DIR="$withval"], + [ASOUND_STATE_DIR="/var/lib/alsa"]) +AC_SUBST(ASOUND_STATE_DIR) + AC_OUTPUT(Makefile alsactl/Makefile alsactl/init/Makefile \ alsamixer/Makefile amidi/Makefile amixer/Makefile \ m4/Makefile po/Makefile.in \