It gets worse!

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:26:55 -0600
Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:

>     I spent most of yesterday getting 450 updates which includes a new 
> kernel I have no idea why, and today I now discover the Alsa Mixer was 
> updated so it is useless!!!! They removed the playback button! Now my 
> Skype will not work.

Before you file a bug try both the old and new kernels - it could be a
kernel problemt hat your alsa mixer has changed too