alsa-driver (1.0.15-1) unstable; urgency=low /etc/init.d/alsa is now stored as script in /sbin: # /sbin/alsa {unload|reload|force-unload|force-reload|suspend|resume} This script isn't used in any rc?.d sequence. It doesn't conform to Debian Policy ยง9.3.2, which mandates {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}. If one wants to unload, reload sound modules, i.e. for a user-script, /sbin/alsa can be used. It is not needed for any configuration of alsa. -- Elimar Riesebieter Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:40:58 +0200 Note that the above location is Ubuntu's. -- Daniel T Chen Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:37:13 -0500 alsa-driver (1.0.9b-3) unstable; urgency=low As of this release, /etc/init.d/alsa no longer stores or restores mixer levels. The /etc/init.d/alsa-utils init script now performs that function. -- Jordi Mallach Wed, 10 Jul 2005 15:00:00 +0200