Created attachment 317048 [details]
alsactl patch for /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt

Recent alsa-utils package removed /sbin/salsa helper. The alsactl utility has integrated all salsa functionality now.

Please, consider to apply this patch:

--- initscripts-8.82/rc.d/init.d/halt.orig      2008-09-18 09:42:06.000000000 +0200
+++ initscripts-8.82/rc.d/init.d/halt   2008-09-18 09:56:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ action $"Sending all processes the KILL 
 /sbin/halt -w
 
 # Save mixer settings, here for lack of a better place.
-grep -q "\(alsa\)" /proc/devices
-if [ $? = 0 -a -x /sbin/salsa ]; then
-   action $"Saving mixer settings" /sbin/salsa -s
+if [ -s /etc/alsa/alsactl.conf -a -x /sbin/alsactl ]; then
+  action $"Saving mixer settings" /sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf --ignore store
+elif [ -r /proc/asound/card[0123456789] -a  -x /sbin/salsa ]; then
+  action $"Saving mixer settings" /sbin/salsa -s
 fi
 
 # Save random seed