[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#299306: alsa-base: with kernel >= 2.6.11.x remove option snd device_mode=0660 from modules.conf

[Marko Kaiser]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.8-7
Severity: important

Hi,

after upgrading to kernel 2.6.11.2 I was unable to insmod
alsa kernel-modules. dmesg prints out snd: Unknown parameter
`device_mode' and a whole bunch of kernel symbols missing. 

This was caused by the line

options snd device_mode=0660

in the /etc/modules.conf file. So at least I would expect that you state
this in the News.gz file in the next version of alsa-base so that people
have the chance to get knowledge of this change. Perhaps you ask
alsa-upstream for more information on that topic.

Best regards,
Marko

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.2
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.8-4    ALSA utilities
ii  debconf                       1.4.46     Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.13.1     Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  lsof                          4.74-1     List open files.
ii  module-init-tools             3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1.2 Linux module utilities

-- debconf information:
  alsa-base/alsactl_store_on_shutdown: never autosave