[linux-audio-user] Alsa fails at boot, but not after manual alsaconf

Hallo,
                         
        I amm on a debian sarge gnome desktop. I have an
                            on-board sis/ac97 chip.
                         
        This week I downloaded kernel 2.6.15.1 and installed sound etc.
        as modules
        since I wanted to include a webcam. Sound has not been tested
        before. When
        booting the new kernel, alsa sound seems to be enabled since the
        modules
        are loaded. However, when I try e.g. xmms than I get the message
        (translated by myself)
        
        please check that the soundcard is installed properly, that the
        correct
        plug-ins are chosen, and that no other program blocks sound.
        
        The situation is bizarre:
                         
        When I shutdown gnome and move to the terminal and run alsaconf,
        the card
        is found and enabled. After restarting gnome sound works, no
        program
        blocks the card. This demonstrates that things are properly
        installed,
        modules available, permissions granted etc.
                
        What do I have to do to make sound start correctly at boottime?
        The alsa
        settings should be saved during shutdown and reloaded at
        boottime. How can
        I control that the correct alsa settings are loaded, what file
        is the
        relevant one?
                         
        I am working with the original debian sarge versions (as of juli
        2005).
                         
        Included is the lsmod output after booting
        Any help is very much appreciated
        
        Any help is appreciated
        
        Bernhard
                         
        Syslog shows :
        ALSA sound/core/init.c:132: cannot find the slot for index 0
        (range 0-0)
        
        lspci:
         lspci
        0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 746
        Host (rev 02)
        0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
        SG86C202
        0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963
        [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
        0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown
        device 0016
        0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
        5513 [IDE]
        0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated
        Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
        0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
        USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
        0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
        USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
        0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
        USB 2.0 Controller
        0000:00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940/2940W /
        AIC-7871
        0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9
        [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)
        0000:00:0c.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG &
        Computer System GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN (rev 01)
        0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
        Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
        
        lsmod:
        
        lsmod
        Module Size Used by
        ppp_deflate 6656 0
        zlib_deflate 20504 1 ppp_deflate
        bsd_comp 6400 0
        ppp_synctty 9984 0
        radeon 110624 2
        binfmt_misc 11784 1
        ehci_hcd 33288 0
        snd_intel8x0 34844 0
        snd_ac97_codec 98208 1 snd_intel8x0
        snd_ac97_bus 2560 1 snd_ac97_codec
        i2c_sis96x 6788 0
        sn9c102 95244 0
        videodev 9600 1 sn9c102
        v4l2_common 8064 1 sn9c102
        snd_usb_audio 84544 1
        snd_pcm 100744 3
        snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio
        snd_timer 26500 1 snd_pcm
        snd_page_alloc 11912 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
        snd_usb_lib 18176 1 snd_usb_audio
        snd_rawmidi 27168 1 snd_usb_lib
        snd_seq_device 9484 1 snd_rawmidi
        snd_hwdep 10628 1 snd_usb_audio
        snd 60516 11
        snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
        soundcore 10208 1 snd
        ohci_hcd 20996 0
        usbcore 134020 6
        ehci_hcd,sn9c102,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,ohci_hcd