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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Shutting down process hangs - how to proceed?
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:09:47
Message-Id: h93vbm$f26$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Shutting down process hangs - how to proceed? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 09/19/2009 05:07 PM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > walt<w41ter@×××××.com> [09-09-20 02:03]:
3 >> On 09/19/2009 05:31 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> Nonetheless I added the UNLOAD_ON_STOP="no" to /etc/conf.d/alsasound
6 >>> and we will see what happens.
7 >>
8 >> Did you try stopping the alsa service manually?
9 >>
10 >> #/etc/init.d/alsasound stop
11 >>
12 >
13 > This gave me errors, since my Webcam's audio part isn't implemented as
14 > full audio device, but it does not hang:
15 >
16 > solfire:/home/mccramer>sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
17 > * WARNING: you are stopping a boot service.
18 > * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ...
19 > alsactl: get_control:249: Cannot read control '2,0,0,Mic Capture Volume,0': Invalid argument
20 > * Error saving levels. [ !! ]
21 > solfire:/home/mccramer>
22
23 Ah! I've seen that same error when I neurotically switch back and forth
24 between different kernel versions (cf. autoflagellation).
25
26 Try (as root) 'alsactl store' and see if that makes any difference.

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