Alsa can't find mixer /dev/PCM

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Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user
Date:        Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:27:32 +0200

> when I started up XMMS with the alsa output plugin. I get:

You mean you start xmms in default mode?

> ** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element:
> /dev/PCM

Huh - /dev/snd/pcm* should be correct for ALSA.

> How do I (re)create /dev/pcm?

Please show 'lsmod | grep _pcm'. Which xmms-version? Did you install any additional plugins? Did you configure any special stuff in xmms? Sound works outside xmms?

mika

Alsa can't find mixer /dev/PCM

>> ** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element:
>> /dev/PCM
>
> Huh - /dev/snd/pcm* should be correct for ALSA.

thanks for the point. problem solved.

I haven't touch my xmms configuration for years since it was configured.

Revisited just now and changed the mixer from /dev/PCM to "master" solved the problem.

THANKS