alsamixer fails to start

[Anand Kumria]

Binary package hint: alsa-utils

1)

eve:[~]% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

2)

eve:[~]% apt-cache policy alsa-utils
alsa-utils:
  Installed: 1.0.22-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.0.22-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.22-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3)

alsamixer to start and allow me to change various levels

4)
eve:[~]% alsamixer
ALSA lib conf.c:3272:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib control.c:902:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Feb 18 14:40:18 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alsa-utils 1.0.22-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU.utf8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-13.18-generic
SourcePackage: alsa-utils
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686