[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#701503: "cannot open mixer: No such file or directory" say WHAT file or directory

[jidanni at jidanni.org]

Package: alsa-utils
Version: 1.0.25-4
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/alsamixer

This error message lacks the details of where things went wrong:

# su - nobody
No directory, logging in with HOME=/
$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

...Even if it is a group problem,
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=123447