Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ general.ent	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "13">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2011">
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 12th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 13th, &year;">
 <!-- <!ENTITY releasedate  "November &day;st, &year;"> -->
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@
 <!-- End LFS versions -->
 
-<!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-version     "20111212">
+<!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-version     "20111213">
 <!ENTITY blfs-bootscripts-download    "&downloads-root;/blfs-bootscripts-&blfs-bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2">
 
@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@
 <!-- Chapter 38 -->
 <!ENTITY alsa-version                 "1.0.24.1">
-<!ENTITY alsa-lib-version             "&alsa-version;">
-<!ENTITY alsa-plugins-version         "&alsa-version;">
-<!ENTITY alsa-utils-version           "&alsa-version;">
-<!ENTITY alsa-tools-version           "&alsa-version;">
-<!ENTITY alsa-firmware-version        "1.0.20">
+<!ENTITY alsa-lib-version             "1.0.24.1">
+<!ENTITY alsa-plugins-version         "1.0.24">
+<!ENTITY alsa-utils-version           "1.0.24.2">
+<!ENTITY alsa-tools-version           "1.0.24.1">
+<!ENTITY alsa-firmware-version        "1.0.24.1">
 <!ENTITY alsa-oss-version             "1.0.17">
 <!ENTITY alsa-download-http           "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/alsa">
Index: general/genlib/libidl.xml
===================================================================
--- general/genlib/libidl.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ general/genlib/libidl.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
     specification for defining portable interfaces.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_checked;
+    &lfs70_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: gnome/core/libgnome.xml
===================================================================
--- gnome/core/libgnome.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ gnome/core/libgnome.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
-            --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \
-            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
-            --mandir=$(pkg-config \
-                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>
+./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
+            --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir;                                \
+            --localstatedir=/var/lib                           \
+            --mandir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -43,4 +43,22 @@
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>December 13th, 2011</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to alsa-firmware-1.0.24.1</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to alsa-tools-1.0.24.1</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to alsa-utils-1.0.24.2</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated to alsa-plugins-1.0.24.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>December 12th, 2011</para>
       <itemizedlist>
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-firmware.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-firmware.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-firmware.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/firmware/alsa-firmware-&alsa-firmware-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/firmware/alsa-firmware-&alsa-firmware-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-md5sum        "75fe079c35c091cac49f3a60876bc26a">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-size          "3.6 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-md5sum        "d37434dfcfececd8581d2f0bbe2fcf1b">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-size          "3.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-buildsize     "32 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-firmware-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
     contains firmware for certain sound cards.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_built;
+    <para>This package is known to build using an LFS 7.0 platform but has not
+    been tested.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-oss.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-oss.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-oss.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@
     wish to use the ALSA OSS sound interface.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_built;
+    <para>This package is known to build using an LFS 7.0 platform but has not
+    been tested.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/plugins/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/plugins/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-md5sum        "392d016c0948c54978c0505f24271e01">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size          "231 KB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-md5sum        "e4d4c90e11ab9d1a117afbbc1edd2b16">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size          "328 KB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-buildsize     "4 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum        "35b1373e7d4509549b96e6fdecc357da">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size          "1.5 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum        "08fe93a12006093e590d7ecc02b119dd">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size          "1.7 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize     "14-17 MB depending on the tool being built">
   <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time          "0.1-0.5 SBU depending on the tool being built">
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@
     contains advanced tools for certain sound cards.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_built;
+    <para>This package is known to build using an LFS 7.0 platform but has not
+    been tested.</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -63,11 +64,14 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
-    <xref linkend="gtk2"/> <!-- or <xref linkend="GTK"/> -->
-    (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
-    <command>envy24control</command> and <command>rmedigicontrol</command>),
-    <ulink url="http://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</ulink> (to build
-    <command>hdspconf</command> and <command>hdspmixer</command>), and
-    <xref linkend="qt"/> (to build <command>qlo10k1</command>).</para>
+    <para role="optional">
+      <!-- <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and -->
+      <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/">GTK+1</ulink> 
+        (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
+        <command>envy24control</command> and 
+        <command>rmedigicontrol</command>),
+      <ulink url="http://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</ulink> 
+        (to build <command>hdspconf</command> and <command>hdspmixer</command>), and
+      <xref linkend="qt"/> (to build <command>qlo10k1</command>).
+    </para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
Index: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml
===================================================================
--- multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml	(revision cf3ddc0c578d9f7c99eed4e4626e651c1140de1a)
+++ multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml	(revision 22fadd16402dab5c6b59fe12a92e4e138a7b412c)
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/utils/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum        "3672287c2608040d111ce45495ba7602">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size          "1.0 MB">
-  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize     "8 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-md5sum        "8238cd57cb301d1c36bcf0ecb59ce6b2">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-size          "1.1 MB">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-buildsize     "11 MB">
   <!ENTITY alsa-utils-time          "0.1 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY alsa-utils-patch         "alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;-no_xmlto-1.patch">
 ]>
 
@@ -33,5 +34,5 @@
     various utilities which are useful for controlling your sound card.</para>
 
-    &lfs65_checked;
+    &lfs70_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
@@ -60,11 +61,18 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>
+    <para role="required">i
+      <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>
+    </para>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
+    <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
+    </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
        <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
          <listitem>
-           <para>Required patch: <ulink
-            url="&patch-root;/alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;-no_xmlto-1.patch"/></para>
+           <para>Optional patch: <ulink
+            url="&patch-root;/&alsa-utils-patch;"/></para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
@@ -79,9 +87,13 @@
     <title>Installation of ALSA Utilities</title>
 
+    <para>If you have not installed the optional dependency <xref linkend='xmlto'/>,
+    apply the following patch:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&alsa-utils-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Install <application>ALSA Utilities</application> by
     running the following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../alsa-utils-&alsa-utils-version;-no_xmlto-1.patch &amp;&amp;
-./configure &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -100,8 +112,8 @@
       <title>Config Files</title>
 
-      <para><filename>/etc/asound.state</filename></para>
+      <para><filename>/var/lib/alsa/asound.state</filename></para>
 
       <indexterm zone="alsa-utils alsa-utils-config">
-        <primary sortas="e-etc-asound.state">/etc/asound.state</primary>
+        <primary sortas="e-var-lib-alsa-asound.state">/var/lib/alsa/asound.state</primary>
       </indexterm>
 
@@ -136,5 +148,6 @@
       class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>touch /etc/asound.state &amp;&amp;
+<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /var/lib/alsa &amp;&amp;
+touch /var/lib/alsa/asound.state &amp;&amp;
 alsactl store</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -142,30 +155,4 @@
       <application>Udev</application> when the device is detected (during boot
       or when plugged in for USB devices).</para>
-
-<!--
-      <para>  While still the
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, create the
-      <filename>/etc/udev/scripts/alsa-restore</filename> script with
-      the following commands:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m754 /etc/udev/scripts &amp;&amp;
-cat &gt; /etc/udev/scripts/alsa-restore &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-#!/bin/sh -e
-# Begin /etc/udev/scripts/alsa-restore
-# $1 is (the numbered device "%n") passed in by udev/kernel.
-
-    rc=1
-
-    if [ -f /usr/sbin/alsactl ]; then
-        /usr/sbin/alsactl restore "${1}"
-        rc=$?
-    fi
-
-    exit $rc
-
-# End /etc/udev/scripts/alsa-restore
-EOF
-chmod -v 754 /etc/udev/scripts/alsa-restore</userinput></screen>
--->
 
       <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, install
@@ -211,5 +198,5 @@
         aseqnet, iecset, and speaker-test</seg>
         <seg>None</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/share/sounds/alsa</seg>
+        <seg>/var/lib/alsa and /usr/share/sounds/alsa</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
