Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Shutting down process hangs - how to proceed?

[Pupino <pupinux@gmail.com>]

2009/9/21  <meino.cramer@gmx.de>:
> walt <w41ter@gmail.com> [09-09-21 19:36]:
>> On 09/20/2009 07:40 PM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>> >walt<w41ter@gmail.com>  [09-09-21 02:32]:
>> >>On 09/20/2009 09:15 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>solfire:/home/mccramer>l /etc/asound.state
>> >>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10122 2009-08-06 18:05 /etc/asound.state
>> >>>solfire:/home/mccramer>sudo rm -f /etc/asound.state
>> >>>solfire:/home/mccramer>sudo alsactl store
>> >>>alsactl: get_control:249: Cannot read control '2,0,0,Mic Capture
>> >>>Volume,0': Invalid argument
>> >>>solfire:/home/mccramer>
>> >>
>> >>I also have /etc/asound.names, which was apparently created a year
>> >>ago
>> >>by "alsactl names" (now deprecated).  If you have that file it should
>> >>also be deleted.
>> >
>> >If alsactl is deprecated -- what to use instead?
>>
>> Sorry, only the "names" flag is deprecated, not alsactl.
>>
> No need to feel sorry ! :)
> Thanks for the explanation!
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> Nonetheless...after removing all the stuff I still get the
> described error...
>
> Keep hacking!
> mcc
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What about trying to stop every single service by hand and see if one hangs?
you can have a list of services by "rc-update show" (or something like
that, not really sure)
and then "/etc/init.d/<servicename> stop" for every service, leaving
the boot ones for last
HTH

Davide