[Alsa-user] usb audio "has no capture" wrong

[Carl K. <ca...@pe...>]

Ubuntu 11.04 natty -
apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio
rebooted. (just to be sure, didn't seem to change anything.)

alsa-info:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=f749b9b0c63f43de97c9d692fa7fc6780441c7a9

lsusb
Bus 008 Device 003: ID 08bb:2902 Texas Instruments Japan PCM2902 Audio Codec

problem:
I can capture from the device, but the level is pretty low.  I think
it is at 50%, would like to A) double check that and if so  B)
increase it.
But:
alsamixer -c 1 --view=capture
"This sound device does not have any capture controls."

This looks like some other problem:
(veyepar)juser@pc9d:~/alsa$ alsamixer -c 1 --view=capture -a basic
ALSA lib python.c:991:(alsa_mixer_simple_finit) Unable to find python
module '/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/python/main.py'
cannot open mixer: No such device

-- 
Carl K