Comment 31 for bug 14277

(In reply to comment #28)
> It seems we have a winner. I moved /etc/modprobe.conf to
> /etc/modprobe.d/snd-nm256.modprobe and switched gstreamer to use esd instead of
> alsa. Then I removed snd-nm256 from /etc/hotplug/blacklist again and rebooted.
> System comes up, loads snd-nm256 and has clear sound.
>
> I currently have reset_workaround=1 force_ac97=1 in snd-nm256.modprobe, will try
> to get rid of them and see if this works, too.

You should know that if /etc/modprobe.conf is present then /etc/modprobe.d/* are
not used.

I am a bit confused about exactly what needed to be done to fix this problem.
Can someone please summarize the solution for me so that I can implement the
fix upstream in Debian too?