Gnome alsa mixer crashes

[matjaz_pirnovar]

I have Dapper for a week now, but yesterday sound suddenly stopped working. When I turn on the computer, default sound setting is MUTE.

So I wanted to install Gnome alsa mixer to change the "defaul MUTE". But it doesn't want to run after installation. I get the icon in Applications/ Sound&Video but when I open it, window is empty with File and Help toolboxes at the top.

When I try to open it in File -> Preferences it reports an error (The device quit unexpectedly. Please report this to the developers...) and the following report is:

Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/gnome-alsamixer'

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[New Thread -1223436064 (LWP 734]
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0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb74bd463 in __waitpid_nocancel ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb7f728e6 in libgnomeui_module_info_get ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#3 <signal handler called>
#4 0x0804cae1 in ?? ()
#5 0x080a0d20 in ?? ()
#6 0x082965ac in ?? ()
#7 0xbf9c8428 in ?? ()
#8 0x08051366 in ?? ()
#9 0x00000000 in ?? ()

Thread 1 (Thread -1223436064 (LWP 734):
#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb74bd463 in __waitpid_nocancel ()
from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb7f728e6 in libgnomeui_module_info_get ()
from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
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#3 <signal handler called>
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#4 0x0804cae1 in ?? ()
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#5 0x080a0d20 in ?? ()
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#6 0x082965ac in ?? ()
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#7 0xbf9c8428 in ?? ()
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#8 0x08051366 in ?? ()
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#9 0x00000000 in ?? ()
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#0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

The Bug Buddy opens and suggests to report the 'bug'. Have a funny feeling that content of the mixer is somehow empty...
Sound and video devices run, but there is no sound. And when I run Mplayer it says 'no sound. It 'couldn't be initiated'

Any clues? The repository has no broken packages.

Have no sound.

Really appreciate help.

Thanks.

M

[matjaz_pirnovar]

When I type "alsamixer" in terminal I get this:

matjaz@cpc5-cbly1-0-0-cust771Matjaz:~$ alsamixer
ALSA lib conf.c:1592:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:29:1:Unexpected char
ALSA lib conf.c:2837:(snd_config_hook_load) /etc/asound.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2700:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument
ALSA lib conf.c:3066:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Invalid argument
matjaz@cpc5-cbly1-0-0-cust771Matjaz:~$

Something looks corrupt.

Can someone tell me what is happening to my alsamixer please.

REALLY appreciate help. Thanks.

Matjaz

[matjaz_pirnovar]

An update on this crash.

I did mess around a bit with alsa configuration when I was trying to reconfigure it as instructed for skype installation - so it would work together with ESD.

Now I completely reinstalled Ububtu 6.06 (erasing previous one) and now alsa works like a charm.

I will examine again what I reconfigured before (instructions in "How I got skype to work" posting).

Matjaz

PS: Let's hope it stayes this way, fingers crossed