Hi Julien,
>> $ 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 […] > I've sent a patch to the mailing list for this issue already. I think > I'll push it this evening. > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2018-04/msg00351.html I still see the reported behaviour. I only installed “alsa-utils” in my default profile, not the pulseaudio plugin. Can we avoid this problem by including the pulseaudio plugin automatically when alsa-services is configured to use pulseaudio? -- Ricardo
