ALC888B cannot load mixer controls: invalid argument

[aaron]

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.23+dfsg-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Cannot stat file /proc/4197/fd/40: Stale NFS file handle
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Error: command ['amixer', '-c', '0', 'info'] failed with exit code 1: amixer: Mixer load hw:0 error: Invalid argument
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfdff8000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302'
   Controls : 38
Card0.Amixer.values: Error: command ['amixer', '-c', '0'] failed with exit code 1: amixer: Mixer hw:0 load error: Invalid argument
Date: Wed Nov 24 19:53:50 2010
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA Intel] ALSA test tone not correctly played back
amixerStderr: a m i x e r : M i x e r h w : 0 l o a d e r r o r : I n v a l i d a r g u m e n t
dmi.bios.date: 06/21/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F9
dmi.board.name: G41M-ES2L
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF9:bd06/21/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnG41M-ES2L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnG41M-ES2L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: G41M-ES2L
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.