On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 10:16:01AM +0100, annals wrote: > I hope someone can point me in the right direction on this, as I > can't be 100% sure I've not just overlooked something (I'm by no > means an expert etc.). I get errors with alsamixer/amixer that > prevent sound from working on this machine: > Linux boxname 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP [...] x86_64 GNU/Linux > (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2) > > When I run alsaconf, before 'Have a lot of fun!', I get: [...] > Setting default volumes... > amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument this doesn't really answer the question, but a recent thread discussed that alsaconf is deprecated and shouldn't be used any more. With the advent of udev, sound should "just work". so maybe this will help... check: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406738 and this thread which deals with OSS, but may shed some light because it raises the alsaconf issue. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/06/msg02587.html hth A
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