[Testing] alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Hi all,

I had a perfectly(well, almost) working debian testing installation.
before deciding to play with it :-(
I'm not going in the details, but it ended up with not having
module-init-tools installed anymore. Then I installed the one in
the sarge CD, then updated it via internet with the one in testing
repository.

Now everything is back ... except sound. I updated alsa-xxx
packages and installed the one that now is called linux-sound-base.
Run alsaconf without problem. But cannot get sound working
(it worked before I messed with the system).
When i try to run alsamixer, I get the error:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Also, the startup scripts alsa-base in /etc/init.d fails, giving problems
when trying to use amixer (it orints many time s the amixer usage message,
as if amixer is incorrecly used), If I try to run amixer by hand I get:

amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device

(but I think the scripts attempts to do something more clever - which I
had not figured jet).

Alsa modules are loaded. The kernel is the same with which I had the sound
working before (hand-compiled 2.6.14).

Files like /etc/modules /etc/modules.conf and the contents
of /etc/modprobe.d/ are the same as before: I had backup that I restored
after the messing up.

So, what am I missing ?

Ciao
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FB




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