[alsa-devel] alsaconf usefulness
Hello developers,
Debian applies the following patch to alsaconf:
Index: alsa-utils-1.0.15/alsaconf/alsaconf.in =================================================================== --- alsa-utils-1.0.15.orig/alsaconf/alsaconf.in 2007-10-21 14:57:02.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-utils-1.0.15/alsaconf/alsaconf.in 2007-10-21 14:57:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -458,8 +458,16 @@ Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) driver.
- You should stop all sound applications now." $version) - $DIALOG --msgbox "$msg" 20 63 || acex 0 + You should stop all sound applications now. + + Please notice, that sound configuration with this script + is not needed if you are running testing/sid with an up + to date kernel and your sound device is a supported PCI + one. In that case *udev* is predestinated to load your + driver ;) + But any way, you can finish this procedure with a working + PCI-Sound at the end." $version) + $DIALOG --msgbox "$msg" 24 63 || acex 0 }
# FAREWELL
The added note is completely valid: in most cases, there is nothing to do, even for ISA-PnP cards (because all self-respecting distributions already contain a rule for loading ISA-PnP drivers). However, the very presence of alsaconf generates a lot of support traffic on forums in the form "I have tried alsaconf and it didn't help" (or worse, ruined a working setup). Also, it cannot deal with more than one sound card.
Could you please either apply the above patch (of course, replacing the wording with a distro-neutral one), or just drop this obsolete program and replace it with the "alsa-unmute" script which essentially contains the same as the set_mixers() function (but allows to specify the card to unmute)?
At Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:19:29 +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
Hello developers,
Debian applies the following patch to alsaconf:
Index: alsa-utils-1.0.15/alsaconf/alsaconf.in
--- alsa-utils-1.0.15.orig/alsaconf/alsaconf.in 2007-10-21 14:57:02.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-utils-1.0.15/alsaconf/alsaconf.in 2007-10-21 14:57:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -458,8 +458,16 @@ Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) driver.
- You should stop all sound applications now." $version)
- $DIALOG --msgbox "$msg" 20 63 || acex 0
- You should stop all sound applications now.
- Please notice, that sound configuration with this script
- is not needed if you are running testing/sid with an up
- to date kernel and your sound device is a supported PCI
- one. In that case *udev* is predestinated to load your
- driver ;)
- But any way, you can finish this procedure with a working
- PCI-Sound at the end." $version)
- $DIALOG --msgbox "$msg" 24 63 || acex 0
}
Ditto for USB. It won't be detected anyway.
# FAREWELL
The added note is completely valid: in most cases, there is nothing to do, even for ISA-PnP cards (because all self-respecting distributions already contain a rule for loading ISA-PnP drivers). However, the very presence of alsaconf generates a lot of support traffic on forums in the form "I have tried alsaconf and it didn't help" (or worse, ruined a working setup). Also, it cannot deal with more than one sound card.
Could you please either apply the above patch (of course, replacing the wording with a distro-neutral one),
Yes, that's better. Majority of people have no idea what testing/sid means.
or just drop this obsolete program
No, it's no option. Your world isn't mine, there are still users (unfortunately) for old systems...
and replace it with the "alsa-unmute" script which essentially contains the same as the set_mixers() function (but allows to specify the card to unmute)?
A program to initialize the sound status is really nice. I have worked on it a little bit and some code snippet to add "alsactl init" to initialize the volume levels on certain dB level. I'll still need to brush up for publishing it, though.
Takashi
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