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Putting this out there because it had me guessing for a while. Hopefully it saves someone else the frustration. In any event, if you're running a recent release of Ubuntu Server on a PC and intend using LMS with the LocalPlayer plugin installed (enabling you to connect directly from the PC/Laptop to your DAC via USB) you're probably going to find that alsamixer does not work despite installing alsa and alsa-utils.
Here's the solution...
At end of file you'll find the following:
change it to read as follows:
Save changes, reboot.
Code:
$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directoryHere's the solution...
Code:
sudo su (enter your username password when prompted)
apt-get install alsa alsa-tools
adduser squeezeboxserver audio
nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.confAt end of file you'll find the following:
Code:
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=-2change it to read as follows:
Code:
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=0Save changes, reboot.
