> What do I have to do to make sound start correctly at boottime? * Ensure alsasound has been added to your runlevel * Ensure your modules.conf is properly built I had the same issue as long as modules.d did not only merge /etc/modules.d/alsa, but also /etc/modules.d/alsa.backup and even /etc/modules.d/alsa.backup.zip into /etc/modules.conf :) . Best regards ce