On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:35:51AM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > First, I *do* have sound. Realplayer works, and system-config-soundcard > properly detects the card (Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) > AC'97 Audio Controller on my Thinkpad T41), and loads what look like the > right modules: <snip> > > > Second, this all worked a day or so ago. > > But today, my GNOME panel volume control drops back to zero whenever I try > to move it. And opening the mixer app produces an error: "Sorry, no mixer > elements and/or devices found." (The mic volume control that I added to > the panel still appears functional--i.e., it stays where I put it.) > Reinstalling the volume control applet doesn't have any effect. > > All I did that I know of was reboot. Rebooting again did not solve the > problem. I have a T41 and I experienced the same thing yesterday. For some reason, I could not run gnome-volume-control.. I kept getting the "Sorry no mixer..." message you indicated above. This was after about 20 days of uptime, so I figured I'd reboot. As you noted, rebooting did not work. I ran system-config-soundcard, which worked fine. I ran gnome-volume-control again and this time it worked. Anyway, I have no helpful suggestions other than to say that I have the same hardware and experienced the same problem. This is probably worth filing a bugzilla report over, but I have no idea how to reproduce the problem.
