From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MpBzA-00020t-C4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:17:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B79AEE0919; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E675E0919 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 20 Sep 2009 02:17:04 -0000 Received: from p5485225B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.34.91] by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 20 Sep 2009 04:17:04 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+4UfpR/+i4bVsOQv1Ql7gbgcGGBFjmxyW4VWg7z2 tWqGCqS8gcmcEK Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:17:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:17:04 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Shutting down process hangs - how to proceed? Message-ID: <20090920021704.GB5740@solfire> References: <4AB43A71.5080805@gmail.com> <20090919020840.GB5295@solfire> <200909191028.14764.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20090919112559.GA27909@solfire> <4AB4C4DE.5050707@coolmail.se> <20090919123107.GB10187@solfire> <20090920000731.GA5740@solfire> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.58 X-Archives-Salt: 18030e78-ed68-4f4a-b09a-fad3a06fa91c X-Archives-Hash: cf1a18c1de9c4c9acb628c3cd94b751b walt [09-09-20 04:13]: > On 09/19/2009 05:07 PM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > >walt [09-09-20 02:03]: > >>On 09/19/2009 05:31 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > >> > >>>Nonetheless I added the UNLOAD_ON_STOP="no" to /etc/conf.d/alsasound > >>>and we will see what happens. > >> > >>Did you try stopping the alsa service manually? > >> > >>#/etc/init.d/alsasound stop > >> > > > >This gave me errors, since my Webcam's audio part isn't implemented as > >full audio device, but it does not hang: > > > >solfire:/home/mccramer>sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound stop > > * WARNING: you are stopping a boot service. > > * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ... > >alsactl: get_control:249: Cannot read control '2,0,0,Mic Capture > >Volume,0': Invalid argument > > * Error saving levels. > > [ !! ] > >solfire:/home/mccramer> > > Ah! I've seen that same error when I neurotically switch back and forth > between different kernel versions (cf. autoflagellation). > > Try (as root) 'alsactl store' and see if that makes any difference. > It produces a comparable error, since it does a comparable thing...: alsactl: get_control:249: Cannot read control '2,0,0,Mic Capture Volume,0': Invalid argument ...but this "problem" was there long before the system cannot be shutdown anymore and I think it is not clean but the root of all evil.... -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.