Hi, Is this still an issue? I am on Debian Sid and see no issues mentioned. Please see details below.
sv@sid-vm:~$ sudo lsof /dev/snd/* lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1010/gvfs Output information may be incomplete. lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.portal file system /run/user/1010/doc Output information may be incomplete. COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME pipewire 1466 sv 56u CHR 116,1 0t0 361 /dev/snd/seq pipewire 1466 sv 57u CHR 116,1 0t0 361 /dev/snd/seq wireplumb 1470 sv 23u CHR 116,5 0t0 596 /dev/snd/controlC0 sv@sid-vm:~$ time aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801AAICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 real 0m0.005s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.000s Also, I see no errors when I start `mate-volume-control' from terminal. sv@sid-vm:~$ dpkg -l libmatemixer0 ┌── Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold │┌─ Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend ││┌ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) │││ Name Version Architecture Description ├┼┼─═══════════════════─════════════─════════════─═════════════════════════════> ii libmatemixer0:amd64 1.26.1-1+b3 amd64 Mixer library for MATE Desktop Even on oldoldstable, the version is 1.24.1-1. So, if the issue is not reproducible in any supported versions, may be we can close the issue?! -- Regards, Sui Vue

