On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 12:18 +0300, Jonathan Goodman wrote: > Hi, > Recently I allowed an update to Ubuntu lucid lynx and suddenly my > computer became silent. I tried opening envy24(for my envy ice1712 card) > -no deal. Alsa mixer from the command line > -doesn't exist.I tried synaptic to may-be reinstall or fix,received the > following: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg > --configure -a' to correct the problem. > I tried and received the following: parse error, in file > '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0001' near line 0: > field name `state.VT82xx' must be followed by colon > force corrected the colon tried again and received this:dpkg: parse > error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0001' near line 128: > missing package name > (1) I don't understand what package name to put there. > (2) It seems to me that there will be an endless stream of error > messages. > Before this update every thing worked really well. Now I'm left severely > in the lurch. > I am a musician windows user (not software technician) who was forced > by circumstances to setup a Linux machine for my partner to print a > music collection and establish a reference library for devotional music > with recordings coupled with musical notes and text. > Since he isn't able to do any of the work himself I have to wander in a > place where I know nothing. > I will very much appreciate guidance. > > Sincerely, > Jonathan
1. I tried to upgrade from Maverick to Natty and need to restore Maverick from a backup, because the upgrade does break my Edubuntu Studio. 2. I don't know when there was a change for all Linux distros I tested, but there was a change. Envy24 cards don't work out of the box with current Linux distros anymore. For Lucid edit ... /usr/share/alsa/cards/ICE1712.conf [snip] <confdir:pcm/front.conf> ICE1712.pcm.front.0 { @args [ CARD ] @args.CARD { type string } type route ttable.0.0 1 ttable.1.1 1 slave.pcm { type hw card $CARD } #### fix PA issue #### slave.format S32_LE slave.channels 10 ###################### } [snip] For Maverick it's much more complicated. Additionally I needed to pseudo-disable PulseAudio. The best thing would be to get rid of PulseAudio, but this isn't easy to do without breaking dependencies. Hth, Ralf -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users