How to make snd-aloop use index 0?

[Robert Latest <boblatest@gmail.com>]

Hello all,

I know what you're thinking. Why doesn't the guy just type the subject
of this message into Google and use one of the soöutions provided.

Well, I did just that. I don't even really have to choose between
solutions because everybody suggests the same: Include the following
lines in the appropriate file in /etc/modprobe.d:

alias snd-card-0 snd-aloop
alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel

options snd-aloop index=0 pcm_substreams=2
options snd-hda-intel index=1

I did that. The "relevant file" on my Debian system seems to be called
"alsa-base.conf", so that's where I included them. Beginning or end,
it didn't matter. The onboard soundcard is always index 0, and the
aloop module doesn't load at all:

root@dotcom:/etc/modprobe.d# uname -a
Linux dotcom 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 i686 GNU/Linux
root@dotcom:/etc/modprobe.d# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH7 [Intel ICH7], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH7]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH7 [Intel ICH7], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH7 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
root@dotcom:/etc/modprobe.d# modprobe snd-aloop
ERROR: could not insert 'snd_aloop': No such device
root@dotcom:/etc/modprobe.d# dmesg | tail -n 3
[  445.897214] cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-0), error: -16
[  445.897229] snd_aloop: probe of snd_aloop.0 failed with error -16
[  445.897278] aloop: No loopback enabled

Hints, anyone?

Thanks,
robert