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title="NEW --- - Systemd won't let you disable alsa-(re)store.service"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56690">56690</a>
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<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Systemd won't let you disable alsa-(re)store.service
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<td>systemd-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux (All)
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>nucrap@hotmail.com
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<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Component</th>
<td>general
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<td>systemd
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<pre>Systemd won't disable alsa-(re)store.service via "systemctl disable
alsa-restore.service"
Only masking will successfully disable it. However that is a rather brute-force
method. However it is also possible to just uninstall alsa-utils.
I know there aren't many reasons to disable the alsa-(re)store daemon.
I've had an issue with this because I use OSSv4 instead of ALSA.
In my opinion AT LEAST a warning should be displayed that this service cannot
be disabled. At first I didn't even notice that systemd just ignored my
command. Only when I looked into the boot/shutdown logs I saw that
alsa-(re)store.service was actually still being launched.
Aside from that, in my opinion systemd shouldn't pull in the ALSA daemon as
default. When somebody needs it, there's no obstacle in enabling it just as all
the other daemons.</pre>
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