> Is the file /usr/bin/alsamixer present, or /sbin/alsa ? > > Or the /usr/share/alsa directory? > > You should have these or equivalents IIUC. /usr/bin/alsamixer is present and gives: cannot open mixer: No such file or directory /sbin/alsa also is present. Gives the usual: Usage: /sbin/alsa {unload|reload|force-unload|force-reload|suspend|resume} Tried this: mszynisz@mszynisz-Aspire-6930G:/sbin$ sudo alsa reload [sudo] password for mszynisz: lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/mszynisz/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded). Loading ALSA sound driver modules: (none to reload). /usr/share/alsa directory is present and has: mszynisz@mszynisz-Aspire-6930G:/usr/share/alsa$ ls -la total 72 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2011-02-10 01:47 . drwxr-xr-x 358 root root 12288 2011-02-09 15:15 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9096 2010-10-14 08:05 alsa.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 523 2010-08-22 16:04 bluetooth.conf drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 2011-02-10 01:47 cards drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-02-10 01:47 init drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-02-10 01:47 pcm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 435 2010-10-14 08:39 pulse-alsa.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 415 2010-10-14 08:39 pulse.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 155 2010-10-14 08:05 smixer.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3206 2010-10-14 08:05 sndo-mixer.alisp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-02-10 01:47 speaker-test > You might also try running this to see what it reports. > > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh Gives: mszynisz@mszynisz-Aspire-6930G:~/Downloads$ ./alsa-info.sh ALSA Information Script v 0.4.60 -------------------------------- This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware. dmesg lspci lsmod aplay amixer alsactl /proc/asound/ /sys/class/sound/ ~/.asoundrc (etc.) See './alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options. cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory grep: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory cat: /proc/asound/modules: No such file or directory Newer version detected: To view the ChangeLog, please visit http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh.changelog The original file ./alsa-info.sh will be overwritten! If you do not like to proceed, press Ctrl-C now..^C If I choose not to press Ctrl-C then the file is replaced by an empty file :P Well, if you spot something here, please tell me! Best, mszynisz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user