[PLUG] Laptop, Sound Codecs, Modules, and Intel Hardware

[Russell Johnson]

On Jan 14, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

>   Here's another sound issue that might be at the root of the problem: for a
> reason I have not been able to determine, a user on the Sony cannot run
> 'alsamixer'; not even '/usr/bin/alsamixer'; the kernel returns 'file or
> directory not found.'

Stab in the dark here... Is /usr/bin/alsamixer an executable, or a script of some kind? If it's a script, you'll get the same error if something within the script isn't found. What is the output of 'file /usr/bin/alsamixer' on both machines?

Russell Johnson
russ at dimstar.net