We had this problem too.

I su -m, run "gnome-volume-control", and un-mute the applicaple muted
options.  I also increase the sound level for them.

I haven't had time to figure out the underlying reason this happens - it
would be nice to know, though....

cheers
deb


On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 12:50 -0500, Richard S Holmes wrote:
> I tried the "Soundcard Detection" Gnome menu item; it reported 
> Vendor: Intel 
> Model: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
> Module: snd-intel8x0
> 
> Test sound worked, and after that I get sound when e.g. playing an MP3.
> 
> However, I still get "Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found"
> upon running Volume Control.
> 
> On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 10:12 -0600, Troy Dawson wrote:
> 
> > Which sound card?
> 
> See above.
> 
> > Can you send
> >    lspci
> 
> bash: lspci: command not found
> 
> >    cat /etc/modules.conf
> 
> alias eth0 tg3
> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
> alias usb-controller usb-uhci
> alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
> alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
> post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
> >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
> >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> # Note: for use under 2.6, changes must also be made to modprobe.conf!
> 
> >    cat /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
> # Note: for use under 2.4, changes must also be made to modules.conf!
> alias eth0 tg3
> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sound-
> slot-0 && { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1
> || :; }
> remove sound-slot-0 { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null
> 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove sound-
> slot-0
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> install i810_audio /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install i810_audio
> && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove i810_audio { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1
> || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove i810_audio
> 
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