diff -ru aumix-2.7.xxx/src/common.c aumix-2.7/src/common.c
--- aumix-2.7.orig/src/common.c	Thu Jul 13 13:33:30 2000
+++ aumix-2.7/src/common.c	Wed Aug 30 08:30:26 2000
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@
 #endif				/* HAVE_GTK */
 #include "interactive.h"
 
+#define MIXERDEV	"/dev/mixer"
+#ifdef __linux__
+# define MIXERDEV_DEVFS	"/dev/sound/mixer"
+#endif
 FILE           *OpenDefaultFile(char *mode);
 FILE           *setfile;
 char           *save_filename = NULL;	/* name of file for saved settings */
-char           *device_filename = "/dev/mixer";	/* name of mixer device file */
+char           *device_filename = NULL;	/* name of mixer device file */
 unsigned short  setfile_opened = FALSE, setfile_write_perm = FALSE, setfile_read_perm = FALSE;
 int             current_dev = 0, mixer_fd = -1, mutelevel[SOUND_MIXER_NRDEVICES], devmask = 0, recmask = 0, recsrc = 0, stereodevs = 0, mutestate = 0, interactive = FALSE;
 #ifdef USE_OWN_LABELS
@@ -218,7 +222,12 @@
 /* GTK+ stuff */
 	if (interactive == IN_GTK) {
 #ifndef DUMMY_MIXER
-		if ((mixer_fd = open(device_filename, O_RDWR)) < 0)
+		if ((mixer_fd = open(device_filename?device_filename:MIXERDEV, O_RDWR)) < 0)
+# ifdef __linux__
+		    /* if no mixer device option given, also try devfs node */
+		    if (device_filename == NULL &&
+			    ((mixer_fd = open(MIXERDEV_DEVFS, O_RDWR)) < 0))
+# endif
 			return EOPENMIX;
 #endif				/* DUMMY_MIXER */
 		ErrorExitWarn(MixerStatus(), 'e');
@@ -372,11 +381,18 @@
    EREADRECSRC           SOUND_MIXER_READ_RECSRC
    EREADSTEREO           SOUND_MIXER_READ_STEREODEVS
  */
+
 #ifdef HAVE_ALSA
 	AlsaUnmute();
 #endif				/* HAVE_ALSA */
 #ifndef DUMMY_MIXER
-	if ((mixer_fd = open(device_filename, O_RDWR)) < 0)
+	/* If no explicit mixer device given, use default */
+	if ((mixer_fd = open(device_filename?device_filename:MIXERDEV, O_RDWR)) < 0)
+# ifdef __linux__
+	    /* if no explicit mixer device option given, also try devfs node */
+	    if (device_filename != NULL ||
+			    ((mixer_fd = open(MIXERDEV_DEVFS, O_RDWR)) < 0))
+# endif
 		return EOPENMIX;
 #endif				/* DUMMY_MIXER */
 	ErrorExitWarn(MixerStatus(), 'e');