--- /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/files/alsasound	2003-03-05 01:22:55.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/files/alsasound	2004-05-05 08:39:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ 
 start() {
 
   # Start driver if it isn't already up.
-  if [ -d /proc/asound ]
+  if [ -f /proc/modules -a -d /proc/asound ]
   then
     eerror "ALSA driver is already running."
     return 1
@@ -55,25 +55,28 @@ 
 
   ebegin "Initialising ALSA."
 
-  drivers="`/sbin/modprobe -c | \
-    grep -E "^[[:space:]]*alias[[:space:]]+snd-card-[[:digit:]]" | \
-    awk '{print $3}'`"
-  for i in $drivers; do
-    if [ "$i" != off ]; then
-      einfon "Starting sound driver: $i "
-      /sbin/modprobe $i
-      eend 0
-    fi
-  done
-  # The next line is a hack around output race condition (Gentoo bug #12524).
-  echo " "
-  #
-  # insert sequencer modules
-  #
-  if [ x"$START_ALSA_SEQ" = xyes -a -r /proc/asound/seq/drivers ]; then
-    t="`cut -d , -f 1 /proc/asound/seq/drivers`"
-    if [ "x$t" != "x" ]; then
-      /sbin/modprobe $t
+  if [ -f /proc/modules ]
+  then
+    drivers="`/sbin/modprobe -c | \
+      grep -E "^[[:space:]]*alias[[:space:]]+snd-card-[[:digit:]]" | \
+      awk '{print $3}'`"
+    for i in $drivers; do
+      if [ "$i" != off ]; then
+        einfon "Starting sound driver: $i "
+        /sbin/modprobe $i
+        eend 0
+      fi
+    done
+    # The next line is a hack around output race condition (Gentoo bug #12524).
+    echo " "
+    #
+    # insert sequencer modules
+    #
+    if [ x"$START_ALSA_SEQ" = xyes -a -r /proc/asound/seq/drivers ]; then
+      t="`cut -d , -f 1 /proc/asound/seq/drivers`"
+      if [ "x$t" != "x" ]; then
+        /sbin/modprobe $t
+      fi
     fi
   fi
   #
@@ -157,12 +160,15 @@ 
   #
   # remove all sound modules
   #
-  /sbin/lsmod | grep -E "^snd" | grep -Ev "^(snd-page-alloc|snd-hammerfall-mem)" | while read line; do \
-     /sbin/rmmod `echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1`; \
-  done
-  # remove the 2.2 soundcore module (if possible)
-  /sbin/rmmod soundcore 2> /dev/null
-  /sbin/rmmod gameport 2> /dev/null
+  if [ -f /proc/modules ]
+  then
+    /sbin/lsmod | grep -E "^snd" | grep -Ev "^(snd-page-alloc|snd-hammerfall-mem)" | while read line; do \
+       /sbin/rmmod `echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1`; \
+    done
+    # remove the 2.2 soundcore module (if possible)
+    /sbin/rmmod soundcore 2> /dev/null
+    /sbin/rmmod gameport 2> /dev/null
+  fi
 
   #
   # remove lockfile if lockdir exists