[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#387171: libasound2: PCM output doesn't work anymore

[Javier Kohen]

Package: libasound2
Version: 1.0.12-1
Severity: normal

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I just upgraded all ALSA packages from version 1.0.11-7 and was left out with no audio output in my system. Suddenly all software started refusing to play audio. Wine says "ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:846:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC shm instance." Totem-xine and gstreamer's playbin don't say much, but they don't work either.

Downgrading libasound2* back to 1.0.11-7 brought the audio back. All other ALSA packages remain at the latest version.

Note that the mixer was working, although I'm not sure whether it relies on libasound2 to operate.

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-ck1
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libasound2 depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

libasound2 recommends no packages.

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