[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#487719: alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

Mon Jun 23 19:30:12 UTC 2008

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.16-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

What about this:

# alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

It worked perfectly well yesterday, before I upgrades these packages:

2008-06-22 13:12:20 upgrade apache2-utils 2.2.9-1 2.2.9-2
2008-06-22 13:12:22 upgrade apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.9-1 2.2.9-2
2008-06-22 13:12:25 upgrade apache2.2-common 2.2.9-1 2.2.9-2
2008-06-22 13:12:27 upgrade apache2 2.2.9-1 2.2.9-2
2008-06-22 13:12:27 upgrade apache2-doc 2.2.9-1 2.2.9-2
2008-06-22 13:15:47 upgrade apt-cross 0.9.1 0.9.2
2008-06-22 13:15:48 upgrade libcache-apt-perl 0.9.1 0.9.2
2008-06-22 13:15:48 upgrade emdebian-archive-keyring 1.2.0 1.2.1
2008-06-22 13:16:51 upgrade bochs-x 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:16:51 upgrade bochs-wx 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:16:51 upgrade bochs-term 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:16:51 upgrade bochs 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:16:52 upgrade bochsbios 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:16:52 upgrade bochs-doc 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:16:53 upgrade bximage 2.3.6-4 2.3.6-5
2008-06-22 13:19:46 upgrade cups-pdf 2.4.7-3 2.4.7-4
2008-06-22 13:19:47 upgrade bash-completion 20060301-4 20080617.1
2008-06-22 13:19:47 upgrade arj 3.10.22-5 3.10.22-6
2008-06-22 13:19:47 upgrade console-data 2:1.07-3 2:1.07-4
2008-06-22 13:19:49 upgrade debian-reference-en 2.03 2.04
2008-06-22 13:19:49 upgrade debian-reference-common 2.03 2.04
2008-06-22 13:19:49 upgrade oneko 1.2.sakura.6-4 1.2.sakura.6-5
2008-06-22 13:22:27 upgrade aptitude 0.4.11.4-1 0.4.11.6-1
2008-06-22 13:22:29 upgrade acpid 1.0.6-9 1.0.6-10
2008-06-22 13:26:31 upgrade darkstat 3.0.707-2 3.0.708-1
2008-06-22 13:26:31 upgrade elinks 0.11.3-8 0.11.4-1
2008-06-22 13:26:32 upgrade elinks-data 0.11.3-8 0.11.4-1
2008-06-22 13:26:32 upgrade fbset 2.1-22 2.1-23
2008-06-22 13:26:32 upgrade librsync1 0.9.7-2 0.9.7-3
2008-06-22 13:26:32 upgrade libsvga1-dev 1:1.4.3-26 1:1.4.3-27
2008-06-22 13:26:37 upgrade libsvga1 1:1.4.3-26 1:1.4.3-27
2008-06-22 13:26:37 upgrade mysql-common 5.0.51a-7 5.0.51a-8
2008-06-22 13:26:37 upgrade numlockx 1.1-7 1.1-8
2008-06-22 13:26:37 upgrade p7zip-full 4.57~dfsg.1-1 4.58~dfsg.1-1
2008-06-22 13:26:38 upgrade parted-doc 1.7.1-5.1 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-7
2008-06-22 13:26:38 upgrade svgalibg1 1:1.4.3-26 1:1.4.3-27
2008-06-22 13:28:41 upgrade traceroute 2.0.11-1 2.0.11-2
2008-06-22 13:28:44 upgrade python-ipy 1:0.60-1 1:0.61-1
2008-06-22 13:28:44 upgrade ttf-liberation 1.0-0.1 1.04~beta2-2
2008-06-22 13:28:44 upgrade xfstt 1.7-4 1.7-5
2008-06-22 13:31:57 upgrade cdcd 0.6.6-7 0.6.6-8
2008-06-22 13:31:57 upgrade cpulimit 1.1-10 1.1-11
2008-06-22 13:31:57 upgrade findimagedupes 2.7-3 2.11-1
2008-06-22 13:31:57 upgrade libaprutil1 1.2.12+dfsg-6 1.2.12+dfsg-7
2008-06-22 13:35:48 upgrade libcairo-perl 1.053-1+b1 1.060-1
2008-06-22 13:35:49 upgrade libconfig-general-perl 2.39-1 2.40-1
2008-06-22 13:35:49 upgrade libglib-perl 1:1.181-1+b1 1:1.183-1
2008-06-22 13:35:49 upgrade libgtk2-perl 1:1.181-1+b1 1:1.183-1
2008-06-22 13:35:50 upgrade ppmd 9.1-14 9.1-15
2008-06-22 13:37:12 upgrade sysklogd 1.5-4 1.5-5
2008-06-22 13:37:12 upgrade klogd 1.5-4 1.5-5
2008-06-22 13:37:13 upgrade netcat 1.10-37 1.10-38
2008-06-22 15:14:28 upgrade wmavgload 0.7.0-8 0.7.0-8cii0
2008-06-23 18:41:07 upgrade perl-modules 5.10.0-10 5.10.0-11
2008-06-23 18:41:15 upgrade perl-suid 5.10.0-10 5.10.0-11
2008-06-23 18:41:15 upgrade libperl5.10 5.10.0-10 5.10.0-11
2008-06-23 18:41:16 upgrade perl 5.10.0-10 5.10.0-11
2008-06-23 18:41:21 upgrade perl-base 5.10.0-10 5.10.0-11
2008-06-23 18:41:33 upgrade perl-doc 5.10.0-10 5.10.0-11
2008-06-23 18:41:48 upgrade xulrunner-1.9 1.9~rc2-3 1.9~rc2-4
2008-06-23 18:41:55 upgrade emdebian-tools 1.2.0 1.2.2
2008-06-23 18:41:56 upgrade emdebian-rootfs 1.2.0 1.2.2
2008-06-23 18:41:56 upgrade libemdebian-tools-perl 1.2.0 1.2.2
2008-06-23 18:45:24 upgrade libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.25-1 2:1.02.26-1
2008-06-23 18:45:28 upgrade arping 2.05-2 2.07~pre1-1
2008-06-23 18:45:29 upgrade dmsetup 2:1.02.25-1 2:1.02.26-1
2008-06-23 18:45:29 upgrade libmozjs1d 1.9~rc2-3 1.9~rc2-4
2008-06-23 18:45:29 upgrade mozilla-noscript 1.6-1 1.6.9.3-1
2008-06-23 18:45:30 upgrade numlockx 1.1-8 1.1-9
2008-06-23 18:50:11 upgrade mpg123 0.67-1 1.4.3-2
2008-06-23 18:52:37 upgrade libfaad-dev 2.6.1-2 2.6.1-3
2008-06-23 18:52:37 upgrade libfaad0 2.6.1-2 2.6.1-3
2008-06-23 18:52:38 upgrade libgii1 1:1.0.2-1 1:1.0.2-2
2008-06-23 18:52:38 upgrade libgii1-target-x 1:1.0.2-1 1:1.0.2-2
2008-06-23 18:54:01 upgrade cups-pdf 2.4.7-4 2.4.8-1
2008-06-23 18:54:01 upgrade python-support 0.8.1 0.8.2
2008-06-23 18:54:02 upgrade atool 0.35.0-1 0.35.0-3
2008-06-23 18:54:02 upgrade gqview 2.0.4-2 2.0.4-3
2008-06-23 18:54:04 upgrade libadns1 1.4-0.1 1.4-1
2008-06-23 18:54:04 upgrade libbluetooth2 3.30-1 3.33-1
2008-06-23 18:54:06 upgrade libhdf4g 4.1r4-21.1 4.1r4-22
2008-06-23 18:54:06 upgrade libkpathsea4 2007.dfsg.1-4 2007.dfsg.2-1
2008-06-23 18:54:07 upgrade xchat 2.8.4-2+b1 2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:54:07 upgrade xchat-common 2.8.4-2 2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:56:04 upgrade bash-completion 20080617.1 20080617.3
2008-06-23 18:56:04 upgrade birthday 1.6.2-2 1.6.2-3
2008-06-23 18:56:05 upgrade emdebian-archive-keyring 1.2.1 1.2.2
2008-06-23 18:58:40 upgrade hplip 2.8.5-1 2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:58:41 upgrade hplip-data 2.8.5-1 2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:58:42 upgrade hpijs 2.8.5+2.8.5-1 2.8.6+2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:58:42 upgrade hpijs-ppds 2.8.5+2.8.5-1 2.8.6+2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:58:43 upgrade hplip-gui 2.8.5-1 2.8.6-1
2008-06-23 18:58:46 upgrade texlive-base-bin 2007.dfsg.1-4 2007.dfsg.2-1
2008-06-23 18:58:49 upgrade texlive-base-bin-doc 2007.dfsg.1-4 2007.dfsg.2-1
2008-06-23 18:58:50 upgrade texlive-font-utils 2007.dfsg.1-4 2007.dfsg.2-1
2008-06-23 19:06:22 upgrade libgpmg1 1.20.3~pre3-3 1.20.3~pre3-3.1

I can't possibly make sense of this :(

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20080316-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  libasound2                1.0.16-2       ALSA library
ii  libc6                     2.7-12         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.6+20080614-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  linux-sound-base          1.0.16-1.1     base package for ALSA and OSS soun
ii  lsb-base                  3.2-12         Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  module-init-tools         3.4-1          tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  pciutils                  1:3.0.0-4      Linux PCI Utilities
ii  python                    2.5.2-1        An interactive high-level object-o
ii  whiptail                  0.52.2-11.2    Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends:
ii  alsa-base                     1.0.16-1.1 ALSA driver configuration files
ii  udev                          0.114-2    /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

-- no debconf information

Cheers,

-- 
Cristian