Hello Guix, The alsa-service-type service produces /etc/asound.conf with content: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # Generated by 'alsa-service'.
# Use PulseAudio by default pcm.!default { type pulse fallback "sysdefault" hint { show on description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)" } } ctl.!default { type pulse fallback "sysdefault" } --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This config brokes alsamixer utility (removing asound.conf fixes issue): $ alsamixer --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ALSA lib dlmisc.c:287:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so ((null): /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) cannot open mixer: No such device or address --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- alsa-lib doesn't contain libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so $ find /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/libasound.so /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/libasound.la /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/libasound.so.2 /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/pkgconfig /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/pkgconfig/alsa.pc /gnu/store/98fa0av6rsj9kzrhdw45n9k53gp0d4dg-alsa-lib-1.1.6/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- but alsa-plugins:pulseaudio does $ find /gnu/store/cfz7jvkzp3k2ginvzz35pyp7zffabksk-alsa-plugins-1.1.6-pulseaudio | grep libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- /gnu/store/cfz7jvkzp3k2ginvzz35pyp7zffabksk-alsa-plugins-1.1.6-pulseaudio/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Still after install alsa-utils and alsa-plugins:pulseaudio in my user profile (I also have alsamixer in system profile), alsamixer cannot find libasound_module_ctl_pulse.so Oleg.
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