[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#289206: alsa-utils: alsactl store doesn't save the state of capture

[Reuben Thomas]

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.7-2
Severity: normal

Since alsa-utils 1.0.7, alsactl store no longer saves the state of my
capture device (earlier versions worked fine).

My sound card is an Intel ICH4.

The entry in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for the capture switch reads
as follows:

        control.25 {
                comment.access 'read write'
                comment.type BOOLEAN
                iface MIXER
                name 'Capture Switch'
                value false
        }

and when I run alsactl store, the value is always set to false, even
if I have the switch selected. Hence, if I run alsactl restore, the
capture device is turned off.

If I edit the file to set "value true", then run alsactl restore, the
capture device is (correctly) switched on.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  alsa-base                 1.0.7-2        ALSA driver configuration files
ii  dialog                    1.0-20041222-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  libasound2                1.0.7-4        ALSA library
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-20   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5               5.4-4          Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  module-init-tools         3.1-rel-2      tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                  2.4.26-1.2     Linux module utilities
ii  pciutils                  1:2.1.11-15    Linux PCI Utilities
ii  whiptail                  0.51.6-20      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

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