Thanks a lot! I removed /etc/asound.state and the service restarted without errors. Then I run alsaconf (thanks to Veiga) and unmuted the card. Listening to music again :) Thanks to the other folks that answered too. On 7/28/05, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > > > > /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:873: failed to obtain > > > info for control #30 (No such file or directory) > > the settings are stored in /etc/asound.state as soon as ALSA > stops. Does this file exist and is it writeable? > > You can try to delete it and see if this helps. > > > Best regards > > > ce > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Antonio Souto Laboratorista e mestrando do PIPCA - Programa Interdisciplinar de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada Bacharel em Ciência da Computação UNISINOS - Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos Fones (0xx51) 590-3333 | 591-1100 | 591-1122 ramal 1658 São Leopoldo - RS ["The study of non-linear physics is like the study of non-elephant biology."]