On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:43:40 -0600, Tom wrote: > > > doing an strace -eopen alsamixer yeilds: > > [tchriste@PAVERA downloads]$ strace -eopen alsamixer > open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) > open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/usr/lib/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/lib/tls/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/lib/tls/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/etc/asound.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 > open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) > open("/dev/aloadC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) > open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) > open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) > open("/dev/aloadC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) > open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device > > However those devices do exist as shown here: The device _files_ do exist, but most likely not the device driver which is accessed via these files. What kernel modules are loaded? What soundcard is it?