I have installed alsa

$ dpkg -l * | grep -i 'ii.*alsa' | awk '{ print $2 }'
alsa-base
alsa-oss
alsa-tools
alsa-tools-gui
alsa-utils
alsamixergui
libasound2:i386
linux-sound-base

$ lsmod | grep snd | cut -d ' ' -f 1
snd_intel8x0
snd_intel8x0m
snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc
snd_timer
snd
soundcore
ac97_bus

$

on

$ cat /proc/version | fmt
Linux version 3.2.0-2-486 (Debian 3.2.20-1)
(debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-7) )
#1 Mon Jun 11 17:24:05 UTC 2012

$

and it's working for the things I want. However, I installed xmix, and it
fails when run because it can't find /dev/mixer, which doesn't exist. How do I
find the smallest set of packages to load that will define /dev/mixer?
apt-file doesn't return anything on a search for /dev/mixer, nor can I find
anything using www.debian.org/distrib/packages .


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Did you run alsaconf? Btw. I don't know for what sound cards /dev/mixer
is. Is snd-mixer-oss loaded?

- Ralf


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On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 22:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Is snd-mixer-oss loaded?

Sorry,

"$ lsmod | grep snd | cut -d ' ' -f 1
snd_intel8x0
snd_intel8x0m
snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc
snd_timer
snd
soundcore
ac97_bus"

Isn't it needed to get /dev/mixer?


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On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 22:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Did you run alsaconf?

PS: http://wiki.debian.org/alsaconf


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On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 16:48 -0400, R. Clayton wrote:
> xmix

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xmix

"This interface to the sound driver mixer allows easy adjustment of the
sound card's input and output levels, and selection of sound source for
recording." - http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xmix

It doesn't mention for what sound cards. Did you ensured that it's for
your audio device?


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Is snd-mixer-oss loaded?

It wasn't, and loading it solved the problem. Thanks for your reply to my
message.


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