[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#649566: Bug#649566: sound failed for games too

[Sthu Deus]

Thanks for Your answer, Elimar:
> >> I have found that sound failed for games too - it probably used PCM
>> too. Therefore, it is not ALSA mixer problem but sound drivers
>> problem, though I did not upgrade kernel recently, nor ALSA packages
>> or audio-related. As I understand.
>
>Throw away pulseaudio, hugh!

I have purged the package - still no luck:

. alsamixer does not control PCM;

. each time mplayer2 starts - it has the same sound volume as if I did
not change it while playing.

Same symptoms.