--- /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsasound-init-20070218	2007-02-18 15:06:19.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsasound-init-20070218	2007-02-25 20:49:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ 
 unload_modules_26() {
 	# First of all, remove the snd module and all the modules depending
 	# on it, this should remove already most of ALSA modules.
-	unload_modules_recursive snd
+	# Check first if snd is a modul and not built into the kernel
+	[[ `lsmod | egrep "^snd\>" | awk '{ print $1}'` ]] && unload_modules_recursive snd
 
 	# Then find the remaining ones, and handle them too.
 	for module in $(lsmod | egrep '^snd' | awk '{ print $1 }'); do