Hi, I am using Debian Etch, Alsa, xmms (configured to use the libalsa plugin) and totem.
My soundcard is (as detected with lspci): 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)

And my problem is that I must run in every reboot alsaconf.

I tried updating my /etc/modutils/alsa-base and .asoundrc files as the Alsa Project documentation stated http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...=intel8x0#modp
but (as one may guess) it didn't worked.

On the other hand, while I am turning down to zero the volume level (both in the Master and PCM channels), the card is not completely muted.

have you tried alsactl store to save the settings ?

Thanks, "alsactl store" solved the main problem with the reboots. But I still can't mute completely by turning the Main channel to zero.