[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#257337: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: "install snd-pcm: modprobe snd-pcm" causes infinite loop

[Robert Jacobs]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.5a-1
Severity: important


/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base contains the line

install snd-pcm: /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm && /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss

which causes modprobe to say "oh, in order to install snd-pcm i need
to first run sh which will call myself with the exact same arguments",
causing an infinite loop.

Removing that file seems to let modprobe do the right thing.


Thank you!
 - robert jacobs 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-grsec
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.5-1    Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 
ii  debconf                       1.4.29     Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.8.3      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1   Linux module utilities
ii  psmisc                        21.5-1     Utilities that use the proc filesy

-- debconf information:
  alsa-common/card-list:
* alsa-base/alsactl_store_on_shutdown: autosave always
* alsa-base/current_card: done
* alsa-base/card_list: ymfpci done