boot problem

[William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com>]

Hi, there

When booting, it always hangs here,

---------------------------------8<------------------------------------- 
Invalid card number
Usage: amixer <options> command 
Available options:
  -h,--help       this help
  -c,--card N     select the card
  -D,--device N   select the device, default 'default'
  -d,--debug      debug mode
  -n,--nocheck    do not perform range checking
  -v,--version    print version of this program
  -q,--quiet      be quiet
  -i,--inactive   show also inactive controls
  -a,--abstract L select abstraction level (none or basic)

Available commands:
  scontrols       show all mixer simple controls
  scontents	  show contents of all mixer simple controls (default command)
  sset sID P      set contents for one mixer simple control
  sget sID        get contents for one mixer simple control
  controls        show all controls for given card
  contents        show contents of all controls for given card
  cset cID P      set control contents for one control
  cget cID        get control contents for one control
Invalid card number
Usage: amixer <options> command 
... ## repeat the above several times, then stops
---------------------------------8<------------------------------------- 

I have to reboot several times, then it could boot up
successfully. Also, after booting up, the sound config is lost, i.e.,
all values are set back to zero.

any ideas?

System Info
-----------

$ uname -a
Linux williamxu 2.6.15.5 #1 Fri Mar 3 22:01:18 CST 2006 ppc GNU/Linux

$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_powermac           51552  0
snd_seq                62136  0
snd_seq_device         10188  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            63648  0
snd_pcm               102788  2 snd_powermac,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              27620  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11656  1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          21536  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    67316  7 snd_powermac,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss

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William