On 2004-06-12, François Patte <francois.patte@math-info.univ-paris5.fr> wrote:

> I try to have a soundblaster audigy nx 2 sound card (usb card) working
> under linux fedora core1.
>
> I have compiled all alsa-drivers -utils -lib without any problems, all
> required modules can be loaded... but when I want to unmute the card and
> run alsamixer for this (according to the doc from alsa site), I get this
> message:
>
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
>
> What is this device ?
>
> And how can I unmute this card?

I see the same problem here with alsa. I have an "ESS ES1869 Plug and
Play AudioDrive" ISA sound card (yeah, yeah, it works) detected by ISAPnP
that works fine everywhere else but alsa can't seem to find it.

Try a different mixer, e.g. "aumix" to unmute your card. It works for me,
anyway.

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-John (john@os2.dhs.org)