On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:49:56PM -0200, Stefan Ott wrote: > did you try specifying the mixer device with the appropriate command > line argument?
No, I hadn't been forced to give anymore special commands in the past, not as user nor as root. There is something broken or something that conflicts with amixer. I was unable to do a strace aumix -q or so; how should I trace the problem then ? > On 2009-02-23, Osvaldo La Rosa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: aumix > > Version: 2.8-21 > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > > > > > Hi, > > I unfortunately have to remove aumix because it gives an error from the 1st > > start or with aumix -q: > > > > Script started on ma 23 feb 2009 11:30:02 CET > > o...@asteroid:~$ aumix -q > > aumix: fout tijdens openen mixer: Bestand of map bestaat niet > > (error while opening mixer: file or directory doesn't exist) > > > > I did some other tests: > > o...@asteroid:~$ which aumix > > /usr/bin/aumix > > o...@asteroid:~$ ldd /usr/bin/aumix > > linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7fe2000) > > libgpm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.2 (0xb7fcd000) > > libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb7f9b000) > > libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7e3f000) > > libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7e3b000) > > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fe3000) > > So I tried a last test but without results: > > o...@asteroid:~$ strace aumix -q > > bash: strace: command not found > > o...@asteroid:~$ exit > > exit > > Script done on ma 23 feb 2009 11:32:21 CET > > > > Important: since amixer is really unfriendly, I prefer and urge to have > > again a good working aumix. > > Note that I tried to install an older aumix version on Debian Lenny, with > > exactly the same error message. > > > > Here is the rest of the system info: > > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: 5.0 > > APT prefers stable > > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > > Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > > > Versions of packages aumix depends on: > > ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > > ii libgpm2 1.20.4-3.1 General Purpose Mouse - shared > > lib > > ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal > > hand > > > > aumix recommends no packages. > > > > aumix suggests no packages. > > > > -- no debconf information > > > > > > > > > -- > Stefan Ott > http://www.ott.net/ > > "Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." -- Frank Zappa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
