Thanks for the reply, Gregory. :-) On Sunday 15 September 2013 04:31:15 Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 02:58:27PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > The problem has arisen since I upgraded. Sound was fine in Squeeze. > > > > Now, when I run alsamixergui: > > > > lisi@Tux-II:~$ alsamixergui > > > > I get an error box saying: > > > > alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: invalid argument > > User lisi is in the audio group, right?
Yes. lisi@Tux-II:~$ groups lisi cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev scanner > > No pulseaudia is installed. > > I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it, since at > least the gnome desktop in wheezy seems to insist on pulseaudio. What > happens if you run for example amixer as root? If that works, but > running amixer as a regular user doesn't, then it sounds like a > permissions issue. See below. I'll try installing pulseaudio and see if that helps, so long as it doesn't try to bring in too much extraneous stuff. Lisi lisi@Tux-II:~$ amixer amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument lisi@Tux-II:~$ su Password: root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# amixer amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# alsamixer cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# alsamixergui No protocol specified Can't open display: :0 root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# su lisi lisi@Tux-II:~$ alsamixer cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument lisi@Tux-II:~$ alsamixergui I get an error box saying: alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: invalid argument -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201309151725.57847.lisi.re...@gmail.com