bluez installs stuff into /etc/alsa, which is wrong since the correct location (also stated in alsa-lib configure.in) is /usr/share/alsa instead Upstream report: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/4739 --- Makefile.am~ 2010-02-12 20:26:48.000000000 +0100 +++ Makefile.am 2010-03-05 10:17:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ audio_libasound_module_ctl_bluetooth_la_CFLAGS = @ALSA_CFLAGS@ if CONFIGFILES -alsaconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/alsa +alsaconfdir = $(datadir)/alsa alsaconf_DATA = audio/bluetooth.conf endif