I too updated alsa to 1.0.19.dfsg-1 and stopped having sound on boot. I found that after I ran alsaconf, then alsactl store, I could run alsactl restore, and get the sound working without having to run alsaconf again.
I have all of the same packages and package versions as the original requester except I don't have alsa-oss or apmd installed, and I have libc6 2.9-6. cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 lsmod| grep snd snd_intel8x0 36008 2 snd_ac97_codec 115416 1 snd_intel8x0 ac97_bus 6272 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 41760 0 snd_mixer_oss 18816 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 81672 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 25744 1 snd_pcm snd 63688 10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 12064 1 snd snd_page_alloc 13072 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm cat /etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored. loop powernow_k8 cpufreq_ondemand -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

