Bug#299663: gnome-applets: mixer_applet2 no longer finds audio device

[Cedric Blancher]

Package: gnome-applets
Version: 2.8.2-1
Followup-For: Bug #299663


> Note that I am not using alsa.

The same for me, but I am using ALSA.

Aumix works fine, alsamixer too. Gnome based mixers like mixer_applet2 
or gnome-volume-control are not working : "Sorry, no mixer elements
and/or devices found".

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages gnome-applets depends on:
ii  gnome-applets-data   2.8.2-1             Various applets for GNOME 2 panel 
ii  gnome-panel          2.8.3-1             launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gstreamer0.8-alsa [g 0.8.8-2             ALSA plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-artsd [ 0.8.8-2             aRtsd plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-esd [gs 0.8.8-2             Enlightened Sound Daemon plugin fo
ii  gstreamer0.8-jack [g 0.8.8-2             JACK plugin for GStreamer
ii  gstreamer0.8-oss [gs 0.8.8-2             OSS plugin for GStreamer
ii  libapm1              3.2.2-3             Library for interacting with APM d
ii  libart-2.0-2         2.3.17-1            Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0          1.8.0-4             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0         2.8.1-2             Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0       2.8.1-2             The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-20        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgail-common       1.8.2-1             GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17            1.8.2-1             GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4          2.8.1-5             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11          1.2.0-11            LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0          1:2.4.2-2           library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.6.3-1             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0          2.8.1-2             The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.8.0-1             A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0         2.8.1-3             The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0       2.8.4-2             The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11          1.0.16-13           GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgstreamer-plugins 0.8.8-2             Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii  libgstreamer0.8-0    0.8.9-2             Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.6.2-4             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-2           2.6.0-4             Libraries for gtop system monitori
ii  libice6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2            1:2.12.1-1          libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0   2.8.3-1             library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.8.1-1             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0             1.7-5               lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxklavier8         1.03-1              X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2              2.6.16-4            GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                4.3.0.dfsg.1-12     X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.2-4           compression library - runtime

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