I have just got round to trying to setup sound on my system, I did an apt-get install alsa-base and I get the following:

Setting up alsa-base (1.0.4-2) ...
Note: Moving to /etc/default/alsa
mv: missing file argument
Try `mv --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing alsa-base (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-k6:
alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-k6 depends on alsa-base (>= 1.0.1-1); however:
Package alsa-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing alsa-modules-2.4.25-1-k6 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

The bit about alsa-modules is where I tried apt-get install alsa-modules thinking it might need these prior to alsa-base

Can anyone shed any light on what could be causing the problem. I am running unstable with with stock of the shelf 2.4.24 kernel with KDE3.2.

Thanks in advance

Tim

it seems the alsa-base package in sid is broken, so just get the one from sarge.

OK first I

apt-get remove alsa-base
apt-get remove alsa-modules

then I tried apt-get -t stable install alsa-base

Problem looks as though the apt-get remove did not work as no download seemed to take place and I got the same error message as before

Tim

do you have synaptic or kpackage?? that would make it easier.

I have Kpackage, assume I delete the alsa packages from here and then retry alsa from stable??

Tim

yup, thats what i did