Issue seems to be solved. I added karmic-proposed to software sources
and updated the system. Don't know which of the updated packets solved
it ... maybe the kernel update to 2.6.31-18-generic.
I can now choose the USB sound card in alsamixer and with
System->Preferences->Sound and the speaker set
** Attachment added: "syslog.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37938456/syslog.txt
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37938457/AlsaDevices.txt
** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37938458/AplayDevices.txt
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