You want the "alsa-oss" package. This just bit me too. Not a fatal bug, but still annoying.
The lack of direct support for ALSA has been reported upstream too ... https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2943647&group_id=40021&atid=426843 ** Bug watch added: SourceForge.net Tracker #2943647 http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=2943647 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346410 Title: launching in Unable to play audio file console message "Unable to open mixer /dev/mixer" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
