Here is my /etc/modutils/alsa file. I copied the pattern in the INSTALL file of the drivers source package, but I didn't follow the advice to put it in modules.conf. You aren't supposed to do that in debian, as has been pointed out. alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss