[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#523091: Bug#526872: Bug#526872: error messages during boot init.d/alsa-utils on PowerPC

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Julien Cristau [090505 00:09 +0200]
> On Mon, May  4, 2009 at 19:57:12 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> 
> > > When the boot process tries to run init.d/alsa-utils it gets
> > > several repetitions of the following error messages:
> > > 
> > > Invalid card number.
> > > Usage: amixer <options> [command]
> > 
> > This often happens when one manipulates the audiosettings and kmix
> > settings in kde(3|4). When you're using kde try to reset all
> > audiosettings via kcontrol or systemsettings to the default and play
> > around with the chanel levels in kmixer. Then reboot and check
> > again. At the moment I can't reproduce it regulary so I didn't found
> > a receipt. If you find one, please let us know ;)
> > 
> Not sure it's the same bug, but I got these messages on my laptop due to
> the alsa init script messing with a nonexistent pcsp device.

Hmmm, snd-pcsp is blacklisted in
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf. I don't relly kno whether
Debian kernels load pcspkr module? If so, try

# echo "blacklist pcspkr" > /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist-local.conf
# reboot

and test again.


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