[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#268006: alsa-base: Alsa/Discover may not be resolved

[Brian C]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.7-2
Followup-For: Bug #268006

Hi,

I used to have sound on my laptop. Now I don't. I think I have the problem
described in this bug, but I do not know how to fix it. I use a 2.4.20 kernel 
and believe the module for my soundcard is i810_audio or something that
begins with i810.

I get the
 alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found... 
error on boot. 

Please explain (in small words) how I can fix this. Thanks

I'll include the output of lsmod if it's helpful:
lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
i830                   67740   1
agpgart                18888  11 (autoclean)
orinoco_cs              4628   2
orinoco                35636   0 [orinoco_cs]
hermes                  5988   0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
ds                      7028   2 [orinoco_cs]
lp                      7780   0
parport                26728   0 [lp]
printer                 7520   0
slfax                 114792   0 (unused)
slamrmo               180740   0 (unused)
slmdm                1089152   0 [slfax slamrmo]
ohci1394               25584   0 (unused)
ieee1394               45796   0 [ohci1394]
yenta_socket           10848   2
pcmcia_core            47168   0 [orinoco_cs ds yenta_socket]
mousedev                4372   1
hid                    14088   0 (unused)
input                   3616   0 [mousedev hid]
ehci-hcd               17740   0 (unused)
usb-uhci               23600   0 (unused)
usbcore                63916   1 [printer hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
ide-scsi               10512   0
scsi_mod               58868   1 [ide-scsi]
e100                   47368   0 (unused)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (700, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.20-lac8
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages alsa-base depends on:
ii  alsa-utils                    1.0.7-2    ALSA utilities
ii  debconf                       1.4.30.10  Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.8.4      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  lsof                          4.71-1     List open files.
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-rel-2  tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  modutils                      2.4.26-1.1 Linux module utilities

-- debconf information:
  alsa-common/card-list:
  alsa-base/alsactl_store_on_shutdown: always autosave