[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#268006: alsa-base: alsa claims that no cards are present; however, sound works OK

[January Weiner]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.5a-3
Severity: important

I used alsaconf to configure sound.  The configuration worked, however
alsactl reported an error:

  ebbjw:/etc# alsactl restore
  alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...

When I use sound, alsa says that the sound cards are not present (and then
the sound plays as if everything was OK):

  alsa-init: no soundcards present: success

Also, I cannot use alsamixer:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-386
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.5-3    Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 
ii  debconf                       1.4.30     Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.8.4      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-6 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1   Linux module utilities
ii  psmisc                        21.5-1     Utilities that use the proc filesy

-- debconf information:
* alsa-base/alsactl_store_on_shutdown: autosave always