Here is some more output on the earlier problem

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:43:40 -0600, Tom wrote:

> 
> 
> doing an strace -eopen alsamixer yeilds:
> 
> [tchriste at 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?