Btw. There was something tricky about this. Like, if the sound card gets discovered before /usr, then alsactl would run as an upstart or systemd job. But if /usr gets mounted before the sound card (e g on hotplugging a USB headset), then the udev rule would run alsactl instead.
Does this make sense? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289730 Title: systemd-udev fails to execute alsactl during start-up if /usr and/or /var are separate volumes Status in “alsa-utils” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: During system startup systemd-udev will print the following error messages: [ 15.089778] systemd-udevd[683]: failed to execute '/usr/sbin/alsactl' '/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/var/run/alsa restore 0': No such file or directory [ 15.090130] systemd-udevd[684]: failed to execute '/usr/sbin/alsactl' '/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/var/run/alsa restore 1': No such file or directory alsactl is present: $ which alsactl /usr/sbin/alsactl but on a separate partition: $ df -h /usr/sbin/alsactl Dateisystem Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf /dev/mapper/scaleo-usr 12G 6,6G 4,1G 62% /usr $ df -h /var Dateisystem Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf /dev/mapper/scaleo-var 7,3G 2,5G 4,4G 37% /var This suggests that systemd-udev is called before all local partitions have been mounted. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 $ apt-cache policy udev udev: Installiert: 204-5ubuntu13 Installationskandidat: 204-5ubuntu13 Versionstabelle: *** 204-5ubuntu13 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Kind regards, Dominik To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1289730/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
