[SOLVED] Getting ALSA back after attempt to install Gnome 3.10 on Slackware 14.1

Hi:
The case is I tried to install Dropline Gnome 3.10 and faild, the net result being I was left without ALSA functionality, I mean no sound:

bill@darkstar:/extra/STORE2/Nonsoft/libros/history/ANTIGUEDAD/html$ alsamixer 
ALSA lib dlmisc.c:252:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so
cannot open mixer: No such device or address
bill@darkstar:/extra/STORE2/Nonsoft/libros/history/ANTIGUEDAD/html$

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3660
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
        Memory at 98200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

root@darkstar:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  246794  20 
cpufreq_ondemand        7199  2 
speedstep_lib           2471  0 
lp                      7199  0 
ppdev                   4710  0 
parport_pc             16728  0 
parport                25305  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
fuse                   65066  5 
uvcvideo               62606  0 
btusb                  13948  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc       2276  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        1355  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         24173  1 uvcvideo
videodev               79509  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
cp210x                  7706  0 
bluetooth             192760  2 btusb
usbserial              20597  1 cp210x
i915                  508710  3 
rt2800pci               8834  0 
rt2800lib              54922  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00pci               2156  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00mmio              2297  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00lib              33211  4 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci,rt2x00mmio
eeprom_93cx6            1733  1 rt2800pci
coretemp                4726  0 
mac80211              373974  3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,rt2800lib
drm_kms_helper         31358  1 i915
drm                   186279  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_dev                 4551  0 
acpi_cpufreq            6310  0 
mperf                    919  1 acpi_cpufreq
cfg80211              321151  2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt               1087  1 rt2800lib
i2c_i801               12393  0 
ehci_pci                2980  0 
uhci_hcd               19872  0 
ehci_hcd               34699  1 ehci_pci
snd_hda_codec_idt      32383  1 
intel_agp               8680  1 i915
intel_gtt              10512  3 i915,intel_agp
agpgart                22075  3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
i2c_algo_bit            4575  1 i915
video                  10142  1 i915
processor              24543  1 acpi_cpufreq
thermal                 7136  0 
hp_wmi                  6032  0 
r8169                  51572  0 
thermal_sys            19013  3 video,thermal,processor
snd_hda_intel          29700  0 
snd_hda_codec         123925  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4738  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                62870  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc          6062  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              14870  1 snd_pcm
snd                    44159  6 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
mii                     3335  1 r8169
psmouse                72582  0 
lpc_ich                11413  0 
i2c_core               17388  7 drm,i915,i2c_i801,i2c_dev,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev
soundcore               4318  1 snd
sparse_keymap           2542  1 hp_wmi
rfkill                 12610  5 cfg80211,hp_wmi,bluetooth
freq_table              2176  3 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq,thermal_sys
microcode               8880  0 
serio_raw               3545  0 
hwmon                   1021  2 coretemp,thermal_sys
evdev                   7552  9 
wmi                     7059  1 hp_wmi
battery                 9591  0 
button                  3704  1 i915
ac                      3403  0 
loop                   14786  0 
root@darkstar:~#

I saw the Gnome installer updated several packages, likely some libs. Most expeditive procedure that can be followed? This appeared as a tiny part of a thread on another subject.

Originally Posted by stf92 Most expeditive procedure that can be followed?

The most expeditive way is a fresh install, specially after messing with invasive things like GNOME installations.

Depending on you computer performances, in 10-30 minutes you have everything up and running.

Or we can make a 17 pages thread, over several days or weeks. Your choice.

Have you tried reinstalling the various alsa packages with slackpkg? My guess is one or more of them was replaced with packages that expect pulse which 14.1 does not have out of the box. The fix would be to track down these updated packages and replace them with the default versions.

Looking at your error message, it is definitely due to something pulse related being added to the system. If you installed a dropline version that was expecting 14.2, it is almost undoubtedly that packages were compiled against pulse which you don't have. If dropline is supposed to add pulse, then it was either not fully installed, partially removed, or broken. You can use ls -lart /var/log/packages to see a sorted list of packages by install date. I'd look at any related to alsa or pulse, as well as any additional packages that seem like they could be related to sound.

This is one reason why it can be beneficial to compile packages yourself, as then they'll be built against what you have on your system.

I did reinstalled the alsa-lib and alsa-utils pakages, but to no avail. ls in /var/log/packages gives 298 packages with the date of the instalation. So, and I had already thought of that, Vader's suggestion looks wise. But after reinstalling slackware a lot of gnome files will be left on this partition, some untidy thing. So I am left with clearing the partition and reinstall as only choice? In that case I'll have to customize after installation once more, as I don't have the customization process automated, hufff...

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal Looking at your error message, it is definitely due to something pulse related being added to the system.

I did not see your post. The Gnome I installed was specified as for 14.1. There are now 298 packages created/overwritten/updated/whatever in /var/log/packges. There is an uninstall procedure for the Dropline Gnome 3.10. I'll look at it.

About compiling from source, I looked at Dlackware, but there are three very new things it incorporates, among them systemd and a thing overriding X. Hummm...

To uninstall Dropline GNOME I suggest you slackpkg clean-system this should give you a list of packages.
Another important thing is to reinstall the slackware shadow package sine Dropline installs an own version of it built against PAM.
If you fail to do that you will be locked out of your system.

slackpkg update and slackpkg upgrade-all should also give you a list of replaced packages.

As third option you can use removepkg /var/log/packages/*-x86_64-*dl .

Thanks very much.

You are welcome, just remember to check well , and after uninstalling I suggest you to use slackpkg clean-system to check what you want to keep or install again.