[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#546642: Bug#546642: alsa-utils: alsactl segfaults

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:

> > > Could you please run 'alsactl init' and look for a core file in the
> > > dir where you startet alsactl?
> >
> > No segfault and no core file here.  Just:
> >
> > ,----
> > | Unknown hardware: "Audigy2" "SigmaTel STAC9750,51" "AC97a:83847650" "0x1102" "0x1021"
> > | Hardware is initialized using a guess method
> > `----
>
> This is probably fixed in 1.0.21

Or not, as this is what I'm using now:

	# apt-cache policy alsa-utils
	alsa-utils:
	  Installed: 1.0.21-1
	  Candidate: 1.0.21-1

> > > Another idea: What tells df ?
> >
> > Hm...  Don't follow you.  What kind of useful info would df provide?
>
> Sometimes a full partition (i.e. /var) confuses applications like
> alsactl....

I see.  That's not the case on this box.

> > [   23.893585] REISERFS (device md6): Using r5 hash to sort names

	/dev/md6 on /usr/local type reiserfs (rw)

> > [   24.038697] alsactl[1342]: segfault at 0 ip 080580db sp bf947f00 error 4 in alsactl[8048000+13000]
> > [   24.086102] alsactl[1341]: segfault at 0 ip 080580db sp bf850a90 error 4 in alsactl[8048000+13000]
> > [   24.135645] REISERFS (device md7): found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
> > [   24.182111] REISERFS (device md7): using ordered data mode

	/dev/md7 on /opt type reiserfs (rw)

> > [   24.228787] alsactl[1343]: segfault at 0 ip 080580db sp bfb3ce30 error 4 in alsactl[8048000+13000]
> > [   24.232614] alsactl[1344]: segfault at 0 ip 080580db sp bfd8b950 error 4 in alsactl[8048000+13000]
>
> That looks like /var is full. REISERFS + encryptet + softraid ->
> maybe a filesystem is corruptet.

No.  Not that I can see:

	md3 : active raid1 sda6[0] sdb6[1]
	      3903680 blocks [2/2] [UU]

	Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
	/dev/md3               3903556   1299712   2603844  34% /var

	/dev/md3 on /var type reiserfs (rw)

And /var/log _is_ on var, isn't it?

The problem might be /var isn't mounted at that point in time.
Do you have an idea _where_ alsactl is run from, at that point in time?


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian