Tvtime has no sound: no 'mixer' device in /etc? [~SOLVED]

Hi everybody
Every audio app were workin fine in this location up to 1 or 2 days ago.
Got latest Alsa & edited /etc/modprobe.conf accordingly to alsa wikki a long time ago, removing anything but those lines:
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
As of today, bmp, amarok, opera, mplayer have sound as allways, but tvtime has none (and that came out just in time for my single favorite tv show, you know that :cry: ) :
Running tvtime 1.0.1.
Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Reading configuration from /home/kozaki/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
mixer: Can't open device /dev/mixer, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
tvtime uses '/dev/mixer:line' by default:
option name="MixerDevice" value="/dev/mixer:line"/
And may use some others like 'pcm', 'vol', etc.
But it worked fine until 1 or 2 days ago, & I did not edit tvtime conf file since months !?
What I found is there's no 'mixer' device in /etc :
[root@llewellyn kozaki]# find /etc -name "mixer*"
[root@llewellyn kozaki]#
any clue about that pliz ?

unmuted 'Line' in alsamixer and TV sound is back ...even if tvtime shows same warning message
mixer: Can't open device /dev/mixer, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
OK i get it clearer now : sound comes directly to/from the 'In' jack on my mobo integrated sound chip, so I have no control on it (like with an audio CD plugged directly to the sound card I guess).
That was most probably /me having played with alsamixer #-|
Uh, what is that still absent 'mixer' device supposed to do anyway ?

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