I am also experiencing this problem. The volume levels are not properly restored on boot, though they are restored if I run alsactl restore, even though the error message is displayed.
$ sudo alsactl restore alsactl: set_control:1400: Cannot write control '3:0:0:EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing:0' : Operation not permitted alsactl: set_control:1400: Cannot write control '3:0:0:EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume:0' : Operation not permitted $ sudo service alsa-utils start * Setting up ALSA... * warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'alsactl: set_control:1400: Cannot write control '3:0:0:EMU10K1 PCM Send Routing:0' : Operation not permitted alsactl: set_control:1400: Cannot write control '3:0:0:EMU10K1 PCM Send Volume:0' : Operation not permitted'... Invalid card number. Usage: amixer <options> [command] ... (amixer error message repeated many times) -- alsa-utils cannot always restore mixer settings correctly across upgrades https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs