If there is no driver loaded, it has nothing to do with the mixer. I don't know if alsamixer will even run in that case.
The thing to try first would be to manually run "sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel" and see if it'll even let the driver load at all. -- No Sound with VIA VT1708B - Audio onboard Asus M3N78-VM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306131 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs