[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#258605: Improve error message

[Thomas Hood]

> # alsactl restore
> alsactl: set_control:892: bad control.43.value type

> I removed the /var/lib/asound.state file and reran alsamixer.
> Things worked fine after that.  Apparently, an old version left
> behind some settings that alsactl choked on.

Yes, that error message could be improved.  Perhaps it could also
suggest the solution that you eventually found.  Note that the
asound.state file is /var/lib/alsa/asound.state .

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Thomas Hood