=== modified file 'src/alsamixer.cxx'
--- src/alsamixer.cxx	2008-10-09 20:57:34 +0000
+++ src/alsamixer.cxx	2009-01-19 12:48:11 +0000
@@ -2099,7 +2099,11 @@
       char **argv)
 {
   int opt;
-  
+
+  /* We don't want to control a pulseaudio mixer, since that can be done from
+  * pulseaudio itself. */
+  setenv("PULSE_INTERNAL", "0", 1);
+
   /* parse args
    */
   do