Index: src/cfg.h
--- src/cfg.h.orig
+++ src/cfg.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ enum mode {MODE_COMMENT, MODE_INDENT, MODE_KEYWORD, MO
 #define DEFAULT_NVRAMDEV_DEVFS "/dev/misc/nvram"
 #define DEFAULT_MIXER STATE_OFF
 #define DEFAULT_MIXERSTEPS 14
-#define DEFAULT_MIXERDEV "/dev/mixer"
+#define DEFAULT_MIXERDEV "/dev/null"
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBXOSD
 #define DEFAULT_OSD STATE_ON
 #define DEFAULT_OSDZOOM UNDEFINED