[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#526648: Bug#526648: alsa-base: /proc/asound/dev not present

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Charles G Montgomery [090502 13:04 -0400]
> Thanks for your quick response.
> 
> On Saturday 02 May 2009, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > > The symlink /dev/snd is dangling.
> >
> > Seems to be crufted from old installs.
> > [...]
> > > ~ [502]$ file /dev/snd
> > > /dev/snd: broken symbolic link to `/proc/asound/dev'
> >
> > Try to delete that link, reboot and test again.
> > [...]
> >
> I tried that, with no joy.

Hmm, what is the output of:

# grep -ri "dev\/snd" /etc/udev/*

> 
> > > --- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
> > > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
> > > --- End /proc/asound/version ---
> >
> > Please update to at least the lenny version.
> >
> I purged and then reinstalled alsa-base, alsa-utils, and 
> linux-sound-base, and nothing changed.  Perhaps I need to do the 
> same with libasound2?  Or some other package?  I have trouble 
> figuring out what populates /proc/asound/version.

As supposed in /proc/asound/version, the _driver_ version is
mentioned.
# apt-get install alsa-source

Follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/alsa-source/README.Debian
for installing drivers of version 1.0.19. The drivers are either
distributed by the kernel or are provided by compiling them as
described in README.Debian.

Elimar


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