Comment 28 for bug 192382

Same thing here, there is no intel HDA ALSA device, only a Realtek ALC861 OSS mixer.

I tried installing libasound2* and alsautils 1.0.16 (compiled for debian unstable) and ran alsaconf, this did not solve the proble. However, while running alsaconf it told me about "being able to change volume using applications such as alsamixer or gamix" so I installed gamix and I was, using that, able to change my volume. Something which also might be worth pointing out it is that the "digital" mixer disapeared in gamix after I installed libasound2* and alsa-utils 1.0.15.