How do I tell xfce4-mixer to use /dev/dsp?

[Patrick Wiseman]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 at 7:19pm, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:

:Patrick Wiseman wrote:
:> Hello:
:> 
:> After a recent upgrade, the mixer settings manager offers me the "default" 
:> device and nothing else, even after I put /dev/dsp in the "Properties" 
:> "device".  It has been working properly, but now the mixer has no 
:> controls.  (Sound works OK, but the mixer is nonfunctional.)
:
:Remove the volume control and re-install it.  That has helped here when 
:I changed configuration.

Did that.  Made no difference.

Patrick