alsamixer issues?

[Chris Wenn <prismatic7@bigpond.com>]

Can anyone give me a hand with the following problem?

I installed a new 2.4.18 kernel image today, upgrading from my 2.4.17 
image. After I installed this, alsa broke, refusing to load at 
boot-time, claiming that the alsa driver could not be found. This 
required a full re-compile and install of alsa.

I have compiled and installed the alsa 0.9.0beta12 drivers, libraries 
and utilities as instructed in the INSTALL files for each package 
(including ./snddevices) but cannot get alsamixer to run. Whenever I 
invoke it, I get the following error

#alsamixer: function_snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or
	directory

amixer gives the following, slightly different message

#amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory

This isn't a permissions problem, as the same happens when I am logged 
in as root. The alsa drivers for my sound card (snd-card-es1968 - 
Terratec SoundSystem DMX) are loaded on bootup, so they're not lost in 
the mess. What the sam hell is going on?

Chris


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