Sound card not detected

Binary package hint: alsa-utils

after upgrading the system, i have this problem:
The card sound is not detected by the system, when i restart alsa-utils the console put this message
* Shutting down ALSA...
 * warning: 'alsactl store' failed with error message 'alsactl: save_state:1251: No soundcards found...'... [fail]
 * Setting up ALSA...
 * warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'alsactl: load_state:1327: No soundcards found...'...

If i reinstall the alsa package the report is iqual.

Thanks for support

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 9 12:15:29 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: vmnet vmblock vmmon snd_seq_dummy
Package: hal 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: hal
Uname: Linux david-portatil 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux